It doesn't matter if it's all bass, since bass can travel through the cochlea as well, any frequency above say 250Hz can damage the hair cells and even with earplugs with 25dBNR many frequencies above 250Hz can travel through the plug and straight into the hearing organs, so something like 300Hz can travel through and still cause damage. Generally frequencies below 200Hz are of lesser consequence but you need to be careful since vibrations can also damage the microvascular and tubular structures within the cochlea. How do I know this? From years of study.
nugymmer
joined 10 months ago
Likely not as fucked as I am with Menieres disease, but please - unless you want to end up that way, I'd suggest you turn that down to say 85dB at most, because 92dB is too loud for any great length of time and you will eventually damage your hearing irreversibly (and unlike my case, medical steroids won't do anything to help you) and you will end up with dysacusis, distortion, recruitment, altered hearing, tinnitus (probably the worst outcome to be honest), and other issues such as aural fullness and otalgia.
Please turn the volume down. Save your hearing and thank me later. 92dB is way, way too loud.
OSHA and CDC levels are different, and I believe they may have different weighting, but don't quote me on it, but 85dB can only be exposed to for 8 hours or less if hearing safety is important.