Gaming - Your Hearing is Valuable

[@bastidaverio9211]

I know this sounds wierd but it's such a relief to hear someone on KZbin who isn't super enthusiastic. You sound so genuine, love your videos.

[@kaksspl]

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[@zelefant1482]

Generally people on KZbin who sound super enthusiastic end up being the ones that clickbait a lot, act like idiots for kids and do KZbin for nothing but money.

[@user-qx7tm5df8j]

@John Podesta *kids youtubers

[@yawner1154]

couldn't agree more.

[@drifter402]

People that are are fakes.

[@JuninFranz]

it is nice to know someone cares for me

[@GOCAC]

realmente

[@editsonimovie8681]

No

[@reaper9534]

@@GOCAC né kkj

[@reaper9534]

os br domina porra só os sad boy caralho//zoa

[@RizBurnin]

The amount of max loadness your ear can take during an 8 hour day is 85 desibels, above this and you have to use earbuds or headsets that dampen the noise. If you increase the loudness, the shorter you can stay in that area before your ears would suffer hearing loss. Since sound is defined on a logarythmic scale, 3db increase sounds like double the intencity,because its equal double the energy. So if you game the 16 hours a day on 80db average, eat takeaway pizza and have powertrips to the toilets, and you have 8hours of sleep; that by definition would give you hearing loss on the long run. (No 15hours would not save it in this absurd examle).

[@OriginalRaveParty]

The most important words are said within 30 seconds of the video starting. I've been a gamer for 30 years, and my ears used to be incredible. I could hear my friend's car as he pulled into my street from about 100m away, and used to mix/engineer music. Now I have a continuous ringing in my ears, and struggle to hear my friends and family when they speak to me. It ruins your life. Don't ignore your habits. They define what you will become.

[@aledmb]

that could happen for other reasons, like a natural hearing loss.. many people have ringing that starts in their 30s or 40s, like i do.

[@PortalHoar]

This. I'd pin this comment, personally. I played 1.6 at a young age, below 10 years old, at incredible volumes. It ruined my hearing a decent bit, but I was able to recognize what was happening pretty early. I still have problems hearing, but now my only thing is ringing when there are no other sounds.

[@railtube2573]

LOL shut up, just becuase you were irresponsible doesnt mean it cna hurt everyone. Take responsibility on your actions

[@railtube2573]

And dont scare people with BS

[@OriginalRaveParty]

@@railtube2573 Oh look. Another ignorant plank of wood.

[@grassbat3484]

I watched the video with my headphones unplugged and thought that the lack of audio was intentional to show how important your hearing is or something like that. now I just feel dumb.

[@ordinary3744]

you pulled a sneaky on yourself

[@deus_ex_machina_]

@@3kliksphilip 'Profound'. I see what you did there...

[@SuperTNT]

2:42 that is the best impression of some random guy with a mic in csgo ever

[@framekixrr]

HI GUYS IM REALLY SORRY MY MICROPHONE IS SOH BROKHEN *SLRRRUUPP SLURP SLUP*

[@collinslogan01]

I died laughing dude

[@twomad]

I got pulsatile tinnitus from headphones so rip me, 1 year no help

[@eeeee854]

I didn’t know u were alive

[@f1re414]

i thought u died

[@Ajvej]

Same bro. Not from csgo. But its from headphones. 1 year and nothing changed. Gl with ur T mate.

[@MistaGobo]

I'm not surprised after checking your videos out, it's non stop screaming ...

[@hugolennon]

He's on twomad360, funniest shit

[@Spillpolitiet]

This video makes me really happy. I'm born with bad hearing, which has been a thing in my family for years. About six months ago I got a serious case of tinnitus, sounded like a smoke detector in my inner ears at times, even deafened real sounds. This is of course due to many years of gaming at loud volumes with headphones, where the audio is literally next to your ears. I don't know where I'm going with this, but I appreciate someone addressing the importance of taking care of hearing. It's not fun asking "what?" every time someone tells you something as us hard of hearing often do, trust me. Take care of your hearing, people. It's irreplaceable. Thanks for this video, Phil.

[@rosecarter5597]

it's... EARreplacable

[@Spillpolitiet]

@@rosecarter5597 eyyyyyyyyyyy

[@jwatsss453]

Same with me I was born half deaf and I got tinnitus when I was 12 This helped me

[@jonza2002]

@@user-lrg3glm6rhdyv what a way to advertise your hack

[@babaloons4887]

@@user-lrg3glm6rhdyv i want

[@Razordragon200]

Thank you philip for creating such high quality content at such a rapid pace. You are genuinely one of the best youtubers i watch.

[@Hijackerrr]

tbh i would watch him even if he wanked trough whole video

[@sebn1313]

Hello Philip, as a deaf person (borned with it), I always turn off the menu and background music in game in order to hear game that is happening. I always have to play with speaker instead of headphone to play games sadly. I have CSGO voice disable because peoples are either too quiet or earrape. I love that every single video you done got subtitle that really benfict than auto generate (hate it) subtitle. The silent letter for most deaf people struggle with is S and F. The deafness i got is compelety deaf on the left (had a cochlear implant) and profoundly deaf on the right (Phonax hearing aid) to get normal people hearing. Love you man. P.S sorry for bad english (being english man) as I am a few years behind on grammer and pronauaction because of the deafness.

[@paulw9]

Hey, im really sorry to hear that. My brother is also deaf, but he has got hearing aids for both ears. I just wanted to say I think it's really cool that you play video games despite being deaf, greetings from germany

[@sebn1313]

Hello@@paulw9, I won't let my disability stop me from playing games because I'm already on fire. I cannot be burnt. Greeting from England

[@seanjenkins6947]

Dude your awesome, you guys never quit!

[@tejastricer1704]

If just hackers didn't ruin the game for them

[@j3y445]

@Bob Bobbertson Deaf doesn't just mean you cannot hear, heres the definition "lacking the power of hearing or having impaired hearing" He clearly has impaired hearing, not complete loss of hearing.

[@PeEzZ1]

I died at the "my microphone is broken" thing, this is so accurate.

[@noisytim]

Can confirm. Got tinnitus and had to quit my “career” in audio design... plus headache about 80% of the time I’m awake... I very honestly hate being me

[@thatrandomguy4237]

Tim E wish couldve helped

[@vertsabre]

I've had minor tinnitus ever since I can remember and i agree, it sucks so much. Stay strong man!

[@illuzion2876]

Same Symptom wise

[@itsgam3time]

Can i ask how often and how loud you would listen to things at an earlier age? I don't think I'm being over the top when I'm using my headphones, but that's what worries me. What if I'm listening to stuff too loud or for too long, I don't know where I'm supposed to draw the line.

[@vertsabre]

@@itsgam3time I've always been super careful as well, having tinnitus makes you hyper aware of ear damage concerns. It was more likely one off events that caused my hearing damage, whether that be hitting my head or muzzle blast right next to my head or other loud noises I have not noticed an increase over the past few years. I've always been as careful as possible, but there are some things you can't avoid/aren't your fault sometimes :(

[@jonpaton6199]

Hey Philip, nice video. From my experiences in working in audio engineering (both live and studio) i'd love to try and extend some knowledge for everyone. Firstly on compression. Generally compression's two most important settings are threshold and ratio. In other words, when the compressor kicks in and how hard it kicks in. With these two settings comes some flexibility. You could set the threshold really low and have a low ratio, meaning the compressor is on most of the time, but only doing a bit (2:1 ratio or so (in other words, for every decibel of volume increase on the input, the compressor will only output one.)) or you can have a higher threshold with a strong ratio(6:1), acting more like a catch for high volume sounds. In a case for csgo, this could be a better option. It would not distort the sound of footsteps or ambient sounds until a loud sound (say for example an awp shot) triggers the compressor's high threshold and savagely compress' the output sound. Not ideal, as the compressor's work is clearly audible but for competitive play it's not about how 'pretty' the sound is, but how clear (like an alarm) whilst the softer ratio lower threshold would create a more 'washy muddy' sound, not the desired crisp sounds for clarity and precision. Ducking is the same as a compressor, but a compressor is self keyed (based on its own volume) while a duck is a compressor that takes how much it should activate based of another channels volume (using that level to trigger the threshold and ratio). In Philip's example at 6:35 the side chain on the compressor is his voice. The issue with prepackaged one button compressor's and side chains is you have no knowledge or control over when and how hard they activate. If you wish to use either of these methods for sound modification, I'd recommend running csgo through a combination of Voicemeeter + IL Minihost, or something alike. But read below: I run Voicemeeter + IL Minihost to compensate for my microphone quality until i get a new one to run into my interface. Because of this, i run the following signal chain: Precise Noise reduction -> gate -> eq -> compressor. I run this at 48k sample rate (pretty standard rate). I run it at 512 samples. Doing so (ontop of processing delay for each process) delays the audio from my microphone 10.7ms. For me, this is acceptable for my microphone seeing as there is already delay before my communication is heard, whilst for my headphones, this would be an unacceptably long delay, especially in a competitive, sound heavy game (which is where you would be applying this kind of processing for best audio (catch 22). Mind you this is with no dedicated sound card. My final note on saving your precious hearing is one on the phenomenon of binaural summation. Let's pretend you use ear buds for a second, and you take one out, you would lose 6db (half the volume) due to sound only coming from one ear, not two. This leads to people wanting to turn up their sound by 6db to compensate (twice the volume) which can cause damage to one of their ears. Very common in the music industry where band members pull out an in-ear to hear the ambience/they have a crap mix and cant hear what they wanted to. Translate to CSGO and (if HDR and other csgo audio processes dont manage it (i'd assume they do)) this may help explain one of the reasons ambient noises exist in CSGO, to give a baseline volume, not just for gunshot reference as Philip mentioned. Hopefully if after reading this and it means nothing to you, binaural summation is why its always tough to find a balance between music in one ear and conversation in the other - and also protect your hearing!!!!

[@TheLetterTwentytwo]

Amazing read. Thank you for the input on the matter!

[@jonpaton6199]

@@TheLetterTwentytwo Thanks, I'm always tentative to commenting and i figured this is probably the best time I can valuably add to the video topic

[@lifelesshawk5725]

Jon Paton Your Healing? Did you mean Hearing?

[@jonpaton6199]

@@lifelesshawk5725 Yes it was. Thanks for pointing that out.

[@KaiSoDaM]

Pin it

[@BobStuntsville]

Philip wants us to save our ears He doesn’t save his eyes with discord white theme

[@muellmel]

Damn, that compression setting just changed the whole game for me in a positive way!! As someone with a middle ear hearing impairment I always had trouble hearing footsteps in time. I never thought about this in my > 2000 h of playtime. Thanks a ton! :)

[@penguswin05]

"Ambient sounds" 4:48

[@leaky4230]

Aauugh

[@Nepuutunes]

Next video: *Discord Dark Theme - Your eyesight is Valuable*

[@steccah]

I was thinking the same thing

[@olzhas1one755]

what if you already have shit eyesight?

[@VideogamemasterN]

Exactly

[@Polar_Onyx]

7:42 and uses windows dark theme at the same time *facepalm

[@FroxyProxy]

darkness destories my eyes. I hate the color black and i cant see anything

[@brytonsalisbury6223]

2:48 ahh, the casual experience

[@bebedor1985]

It gets even more authentic 3:10

[@oatsoz]

I have tinnitus, mines not too bad but I mostly only notice it when im tryna sleep or concentrate.

[@dan_loeb]

Need a fan to sleep myself. Born with slight hearing issues and I was more susceptible to it. I use speakers now instead of a headset, its much safer. You can set up most sound cards to cancel out the speaker feed from the mic input for quality.

[@sondreavik5337]

I wonder if *anyone* doesn't hear *any* ringing in pure silence, I can only imagine the blissful feeling that would be.

[@casual-goy8811]

Lmao, who doesn't hear ringing in pure silence?

[@anon1626]

Same

[@1MinecraftSeries]

*YellowMan In Africa* lol i read his comment thinking “o fuck i hear ringing in silence as well” whew

[@zzoko7693]

>uses windows 10 in dark mode >uses discord in light mode *???*

[@BrandNewByxor]

@@bichale4405 Lol that subreddit only has like 2 posts.

[@jacobmorris8869]

kowalski analysis

[@inflammatorycommentswithno2407]

r/dumbkidslinkingsubredditsbecausetheythinkitscool

[@haieknagasaki4709]

@@inflammatorycommentswithno2407 r/twentycharacterlimit

[@blest_mango7441]

r/ihavereddit

[@truedemoknight6784]

The compression made the Glock gunshots echo more afterwards, since the end of the gunshot noise is quieter than the initial noise. 3:02 This probably applies to other weapons, changing the sound they make. This means you may have to memorize new gun sounds if using compression. I can’t imagine firing an AWP with sound compression on.

[@disstrackted8720]

3:11 why the hell does philip sound like a minecraft spider

[@Oscar_Armstrong]

Because he is a minecraft spider

[@casual-goy8811]

That's exactly what it sounds like

[@unclesam8862]

OMG u made do day ahahhaahahh

[@Kurookie]

Oh no, hes been lying to us since the beginning?

[@PHAZER99]

My question is why does everybody else in casual sound like that?

[@L3AF]

thanks for making this video. i have tinnitus and mine is permanent it wont go away. My tinnitus is not always loud so i am happy that my foolish mistakes have made my permanent tinnitus not deafening but just an annoyance instead. Ive listen to loud music for as long as i can remember played games that are super loud, Cranked the volume, Playing realistic games where gun fire deafen you etc. Take care off your ears guys. Its one of your most important tools. It can save you in accidents and prevent accidents. Stay safe guys.

[@jacobmorris8869]

what does it sound like

[@L3AF]

@@jacobmorris8869 Tinnitus have different sounds it can be low pitch high pitch and etc. The best way for me to explain how mine sound like is comparing it to a flashbang from call of duty thats how my tinnitus sounds like.

[@GreenSwede]

@@L3AF That's how my tinnitus sounds like as well. Really hoping a cure will come in the near future to get rid of it.

[@Matt-yu5ed]

Not linked with CSGO, I also play old gen COD on consoles like COD 2, COD, MW2 and my headset has a feature called superhuman hearing, making the loud noises quieter like gunshots and quiet noises like footsteps louder. Guessing this is something to do with compression too, good informative video overall!

[@stiggyman3176]

its likely more about the EQ. meaning the middel noise of footsteps gets increased and gunshots lowered

[@CIARUNSITE]

The problem is the more audio settings valve provides, the more opportunities people have to cheat. Many things were taken off sv_pure 1 in TF2 since people were using it to do stuff like modify the volume of spy decloaks which allowed you to track them through walls across the map. Same story in CSGO. How many people would've killed to turn off the train noise on Overpass? And that would provide an unfair advantage over people who don't know you can turn it off.

[@pokemo1505]

BeaterWRX Thats good.

[@manupainkiller]

@@CIARUNSITE People cheat anyway with other means of "cheating". Like those fags that use 3rd party software like VibranceGUI or whatever it's called and make their game 300% more colorful than before, which is very painful for the eyes (mine) ; but in their eyes, it's worth it for the vision it gives. Same goes with insane brightness level turned up. Some shady far-away corners on Train might be difficult to spot > but not for these people. So, to combat this, I am supposed to turn up mine as well ? Just because I know the "option" exists ?

[@TheNickazza]

​@@CIARUNSITE Ah yes. Because Valve definitely cares about cheaters. Its not like other 3rd party programs have done a better job than valve at that and even CS Source had a better VAC system. Sounds are not as important in CS as in TF2. A LOT of what YOU hear are things no one else hears and its not that hard for valve to make custom "EQ" settings like they have in Black Ops 4. They should make an anti-cheat system that actually works before thinking about people messing with audio settings...

[@atimali4662]

Thank you, you dont know how much you helped me. Its not just about saving me from deafness, but im better at games like pubg because i hear the footsteps louder than they were before, but the other sounds still at a pleasent volume. Its really nice to see that there are still honest and helpfull content creators here. I Wish you the bests!

[@juliuskang5280]

1:51 captions lmao. I love kliksphilip for actually putting subtitles. Many channels don't do this. Be appreciative about this subtitle feature :)

[@DownUnderDragon]

Discord light theme but Windows 10 dark theme. Ok.

[@kilometers5992]

I'm almost 100% certain he did set discord to dark theme just to trigger people in the comments.

[@StrawberryPidgey]

I use a blue theme, dark discord, white telegram

[@internetuser9342]

kilometers what.

[@mister_christer]

unwatchable

[@internetuser9342]

kilometers you mean didn’t

[@FFin-]

3:12 sounds like hes using the grapefruit technique on the mic

[@-snek.]

Will grapefruit for dragon lore

[@BenevoIence]

bruh

[@FFin-]

@@-snek. the fuck

[@123crafter123]

:D

[@nullifier_]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@schlongdas7250]

I have tinnitus, it’s quite a pain to deal with and makes it difficult to concentrate, rest, and do some lazy games without a constant annoyance, and actually pain. Stay safe.

[@fakedanielsong8954]

what windows volume do you play at and find safe? I have windows volume set at 12% then keep csgo around 50-60%, you think that's safe? I don't want my tinnitus to get any worse

[@nielsminecraft]

@@fakedanielsong8954 I have tinnitus too. If you got it recently I recommend just not listening to anything even remotely loud for a week, and after that you can listen to anything as long as it isn't 80+ dB. It works for me.

[@mc_milocavaliere1432]

FAKE DANIEL SONG i have Windows set to 10% and cs go at 50%. This is my maximum. If my tinnitus was really bad the day before, then i put Windows at 8%, just to not Make my tinnitus worse.

[@Pheonarx]

FAKE DANIEL SONG wtf I play with windows at like 75%. 12% you have like super human hearing bruh.

[@jarood7420]

Another well made video Philip ! Keep up the good Effort.

[@justmyname122]

Thank you for this video. It means a lot to me, even though I’m 19 I have tinnitus and this video was very helpful on ideas to make gameplay better in CS without making my tinnitus worse. Love u man

[@Lazhern]

3:04 This is what I hear in my nightmares

[@artanis_]

OOF

[@lilaclizard4047]

I like the arma music.

[@jankkhvej434]

3kliks: your hearing is valuable, and just like your health in csgo, can't regenerate... [pulls out healthshot] [ali-a intro plays]

[@toshal22]

Till the end of this video I didn't know loudness equalization is compression, I have been using it ever since I use realtek drivers and i can safely say the in game sounds i hear are better than the people who do not turn this setting on also it does not affect the sound in the game as all sounds don't sound similar and have proper loudness based on their position and so no problem turning this setting on. BTW using discord is much better as you can change setting of each and every person to what you want and don't need to turn on attenuation. Personally I keep everyone's volume at 1 on discord and I can still hear them properly if i have loudness Equalization on. The only problem are the music bots which even on 1 have a very high volume don't know what to do about them.

[@Negniwret]

Play with reasonable people that don't spam Preußens Gloria Earrape on full volume on a music bot yes, it happens.

[@csCherry]

I wonder if there's a script to turn on Loudness Equalization every time I start up CS. Sometimes I listen to music and wonder why it sounds like garbage, until I remember that I had Loudness Equalization still on.

[@harihadzic4563]

Same thing here really helps with footsteps I've been using it for almost a year since I got my new headphones (and I put my bass up and lowered all my volumes), until the end of this video I didn't know loudness equalization is compression

[@l0m-dev]

Toshal You can adjust the volume of each player in csgo too. It was added in the panorama update.

[@toshal22]

@@Negniwret No Even for a normal song they are just too loud or too soft.

[@spaceleper]

Phil this issue is so massive and so important. Please please keep on covering it and raising more awareness. Tinnitus and hearing loss is terrible and irreparable. Much love.

[@valensky3339]

Thanks for making this video Philip, you've probably saved me from a life of regret I never knew existed.

[@Spoggi99YT]

I love your content

[@kebabsheikh9183]

those look like very well build open over ear studio headphones. im using superlux 665b you think this would be a big upgrade?

[@Bananenbrot6543]

Music/sound is a very subjective topic. You have to decide for yourself by testing your new headphones. The DT 990 is a really good but not a linear/analytic headphone. Bass and treble is slightly boosted. Maybe a AKG K701/702 suits you better. Btw you will most likely need a external dac/amplifier.

[@kebabsheikh9183]

@@Bananenbrot6543 i use it for csgo and music etc. and yes external amp and new headset is on my wishlist

[@Spoggi99YT]

@@Bananenbrot6543 Thats right, since the 990 Pro has an impedance of 250 Ohm, you'll need an amplifier/dac of some sort. I use a Yamaha AG03 and I am very happy with the results. It also allows me to bypass my crappy Realtek on board soundcard.

[@Spoggi99YT]

@@kebabsheikh9183 I think you may hear a difference in terms of the sound stage since the DT 990 Pro has a completely open design.

[@Succulester]

just listen to bass boosted meme music to build up a resistance to tinnitus

[@poeticrat077]

It not be working like that but hey

[@amuserearflap1031]

Cant hear a beep if youre deaf, right?

[@susa.k.a.pinkguy2036]

Suicidal Succ SUCC

[@flinchous5228]

this is what i did and now everyone i know tries to ear rape me to see how far they have to go before i tell them to fuck off

[@falconyght7930]

This is why I love your content

[@Normalperson27N]

Mate thanks for being up this topic. I have tinnitus myself for two years after raging on max volume in match making. I regret it since it’s so miserable.

[@dominicstocker5144]

I do have Tinnitus myself, don’t regret what you’ve done, protect what’s still there :)

[@element1935]

Has discord in light mode but windows in dark mode.

[@dumbdickler670]

What a barbarian

[@batatereluelimusic]

why are you using discord light theME

[@sk4diddle571]

Worries about ears Doesn't care about eyes

[@smallboy194]

6:57 You'd think that someone who cares so much about people going deaf would care about going blind

[@LazorbeamsAndPuppys]

Really wish I could've had a video like this years prior! I have some minor ringing in my ears, cause I was a fool, and didn't comprehend how fragile my ears were, and how much loudness really hurts them! Thanks for showing off the compression options in discord and windows!

[@danilatroitskiy3663]

Oh, I never knew why I constantly heard a ringing in my ears. This video changed that.

[@ciucinciu]

ooor you could use a limiter, works just like a compressor, but instead of altering the volume of the quieter sounds, you just limit the louder ones. And that, will not tamper with the volumes of the lower sounds and just limit the louder ones, saving your hearing for another few more years. DOn t know a software for gaming that does this, i just know about it from music production. Hope something like this exists.

[@pongodongo645]

@@Ale-xv1un saving your hearing implying extending the lifetime of your good hearing

[@HappyCairek]

Discord set to 20% counterstrike 100% and main volume in menu 25%. Ez pz. I can't hear teammates while shooting, but who gives a damn what they have to say when I'm busy anyways xD but I wish that gunshots were way quieter, imo they are way over the top. Edit: guns do sounds loud irl, but it's a game. Sucks that there is no other slider in game menu for gunshots only

[@manupainkiller]

I remember in L4D2, same problem. You wanted to get your sound high enough to hear the character's dialogue (thus the story), but then gunfire would make you throw your headset in the wall. Damn shame ! Valve is pretty sucky with their "master and music" volumes only.

[@jatatad2144]

Maybe if you edit the sound file and reduce it there? May try.

[@tuiskuaanismaa9504]

@@jatatad2144 cant play sv_pure servers with altered sound files

[@keitatsutsumi]

3:06 every silver and Russian game

[@archfxt3619]

*indians too

[@aok9153]

Global mm

[@AquaDogYT]

I don't even play cs and I'm watching this video 2 years after it came out. But you may have just saved my hearing forever. Thanks.

[@VideogamemasterN]

It’s nice that someone that is known in the community made this video. I for one did have ringing in my ear after a full day of CS with team. I closed my computer and slept through the night with no problems but then I woke to ringing in my ear. Fortunately, my mom is a nurse and told me that I had my volume high on my headset and needed to be off for while. When I got back I decided to lower the volume on my headset, turn the computer volume from 35 to 25 and it made my life better. So be careful of your hearing folks, it’s very important. Also I might try compression on CS and see if it works for me

[@ninja0x0thegreat]

4kilksphilip sets his volume lower then u

[@ofer_]

where IS 4kliksphilip?

[@alterego9791]

@@ofer_ he is the fatkilksphilip

[@Katana2097]

than*

[@casual-goy8811]

@@ofer_ It's DeSinc

[@EllisHudsonn]

than*

[@soap1800]

3:04 phillip goes into russian mic mode

[@bitai683]

i use silenced weapons so this doesnt apply to me

[@lone5463]

Request your enemies to do the same for optimal benefit

[@sher1xck]

silenced ak

[@kas-lw7xz]

@@sher1xck silenced negev

[@sher1xck]

@@kas-lw7xz silenced M249

[@sher1xck]

@OriginalFake oh shit

[@Rekzy]

Thank you for making this video, it was much needed

[@myk9808]

Thank you for spreading this info to more people, your hearing is important and should be cared for.

[@utkarshranjan7969]

Because of wearing headphones for long hours to play csgo every single day I got diagnosed with tinnitus ;-;. It's the worst thing to ever happen. There is no treatment for tinnitus. I was lucky enough to get some relief after getting very painful injections in the ear drums every week for 8 weeks. My hearing went down to 60 dB and was hearing high pitch ringing. It's a pain to fall in sleep too xD. It's almost 7 months since I wore any headphones or played loud music. I still hear it ringing when it is quite or cold, but it's a lot better now compared to what it was earlier. My hearing also got normal :). Only time and discipline can heal your tinnitus.

[@K4inan]

You went from saying there is no treatment to listing a bunch and then saying only time and discipline can heal your tinnitus lol

[@utkarshranjan7969]

@@K4inan Treatment(medications) or *cure* to fix your problem completely bruh...... Healing in the sense is just getting better and adapting that fucking noise xD.

[@FoxityIV]

@@utkarshranjan7969 I have some kind of tinnitus, will it get better if I stop wearing headphones? Not a headset, you know, but the ones that you plug into your ears. I fear that my tinnitus will worsen cuz I was really scared of it even before I got it. Any other tips?

[@utkarshranjan7969]

@@FoxityIV Ofcourse it will get better if you will stop abusing your ears with those headsets. Yes tinnitus can get worse by continuing hearing to loud music. Once you have it, there's no going back. You can prevent it though, don't be in a quiet place,go out sometimes,don't take any kinda stress, keep background sounds going on ( in my case I turn on the fan), listen to nature sounds, cold can sometimes increase the tinnitus a bit so don't worry it's normal, and try not to focus on your T , just keep yourself around people and be busy.....you won't hear shit that way xD. And please don't be scared...even I was depressed and was actually having suicidal thoughts at some point xD. But everything started getting better....and now my T is almost zero. Am no pro in this, but my experience tells me all this. Hope you get better :)

[@FoxityIV]

@@utkarshranjan7969 Thanks for all the advice, much appreciated

[@big4330]

I will never unsub

[@AresWasTaken]

Oddly enough, I listen to music and game on pretty low volume (compared to my friends) yet I still got tinnitus. Sometimes it just be like that.

[@dominicstocker5144]

Yeah, same, how is it going for you?

[@FutureSavior]

Same for me, it really do be like that.

[@wearevenusandmars387]

same here

[@makimaki__4777]

Fr man im so mad

[@iLL3571]

Thank you Philip, your tutorial worked. After enabling Loudness Equalization I've instantly turned my pc volume from 75% to 50%.

[@skybella2521]

Very strange that i’ve had several panic attacks about my developing tinnitus from gaming (i’m 18) heating loss is inevitable but gaming with headphones speeds it up a lot. Tinnitus has no cure but is treatable, but at the moment I have a constant ringing akin to a microwave beep :/.

[@skybella2521]

Also; turning down the volume of your game is generally a good idea, if your room is quiet enough your ears will adjust, just give it time.

[@Ay-xq7mj]

@@skybella2521 lol so easy to forget. Sometimes I will be listening to volume at chill volume at night then go to sleep. Then when I go to use my PC volume its glaringly loud.

[@mc_milocavaliere1432]

Breaking Stuff i’m 16 and i have had tinnitus since i was 14. I now always mind how loud my volume is because i really dont want to make it worse. I have even had weeks in which i havent used my headset because my tinnitus was too loud. I am now fully used to tinnitus and i just have a KZbin video or Netflix show running when i try to sleep. But during the day i have none to almost no issue with my tinnitus. I hope u will get used to it as well so it doesn’t annoy u as much. Btw, the panic attacks will eventually stop. I usually had them at night when I focused on the ringing sound. Just don’t focus on it and think of something else or watch a Netflix show like I do. Wish u all the best.

[@skybella2521]

@@PikaBolaChan Yeah its a tad shite to say the least lol. I feel more needs to be done to raise awareness of it as many of the people who are ruining their ears dont even know it.

[@HideorEscape]

I disabled the music in csgo. It's terrible to play with music kits. With silence I play a lot better. A lot of people get distracted and triggered by the in-game music. YOU LOST! *loud trumpet sound triggers*

[@BudgiePanic]

It does have one purpose that can give you an advantage though, there is one music slider for when the bomb will detonate in 10 seconds.

[@findableflyer]

I WIN *LIFES NOT OUT TO GET YOU*

[@bloodondope]

big fan of the stupid mvp music getting re-enabled @ 100% volume with every other update.

[@StarXsu90]

Id advice to buy the insurgency music kit it makes the game less stressfull and keeps you focused

[@findableflyer]

@@StarXsu90 if i wanted a less stressful music kit id buy the jazz one

[@wtfitsaduck._.7788]

I used to love your videos and trust you until I saw the white discord theme. Unholy..... JK ♥

[@oldheliotrope]

I was looking for this comment.

[@fivesquaredyt2521]

wtfitsaduck ._. 499 likes

[@artifica0]

@@fivesquaredyt2521saves you eyes phlip

[@wtfitsaduck._.7788]

@@fivesquaredyt2521 not enough.... Never enough

[@MetaBloxer]

The attenuation feature on Discord is something I had no idea about, and resolves a common problem I had when playing with friends. Thank you for showing me that it exists.

[@plays62]

This video actually helped me a lot. On my Asus notebook the compression in the speakers configuration is called night mode. When I activated it things indeed became louder at the same volume. It also helped me with the discord attenuation stuff so you have my like sir.

[@equaniman647]

"Hellololo louder" 1:51 I thought it was just my imagination

[@Mr_3raqi]

Helololot louder

[@MYG]

You can train your ears to handle loud noises by shooting guns next to them.

[@LordJuan4]

@@agascon r/whooosh

[@Filip_Z]

Bronze :(

[@Oscar_Armstrong]

@@agascon if you knew it was a joke why did you clarify that you understood it was a joke and then explain the joke

[@unclesam8862]

@@agascon r/wooosh

[@callumdavie4831]

@@Oscar_Armstrong for dumb people

[@Krebzonide]

I keep my headphones low all the time and sill have the ringing in my ears. When my brother puts my headphones on he triples the volume. I've had the ringing since I was like 7 before I even had a computer though.

[@travis3407]

Thanks for making this video Phillip, im only 16 and i already experience some hearing problems and minor tittinus because i listened to music super loud when i was in middle school. Its nothing extreme, but now Im still very careful about making sure I'm not making my volume too loud when im playing games and listening to music.

[@SherrifOfNottingham]

Unfortunately gaming companies, valve included, don't care about hearing loss. Ever notice how they never seem to hire an audio engineer to actually balance the audio out for you? Instead whenever you launch a game without configuring the audio yourself the music is extremely loud compared to the menu sounds and other game sounds? The sad part is in many cases this is the composer's wishes, to have the music so offensively loud that nobody ignores it. You are forced to listen to the music so the composer's work is in more people's minds. Yet Metal Gear Solid V gets a "best score" rating even though the few songs that you're forced to listen to were detractors in that score. It's because the rest of the score and audioscape was finely crafted. The music was intended to work WITH the sound effects and ambient noise of the game. In most cases the music never interfered with talking and throughout the game people rarely had to swap into menus to make the music 10x quieter. While it's possible to believe that Valve has an audio engineer, it's unlikely that he does his job well or is allowed to do his job well. As artists who add music packs will generally have it in their contract that the music needs to default louder than desired.

[@SherrifOfNottingham]

I'd also like to point out that in compression this is something our ears do naturally, you talked a little about it with the earbuds, but we also do this in a dynamic sense. Watch a horror movie and you'll kind of understand the spacial and mental compression that I'm talking about. Basically our ears will "white noise" out and hear less when there's a lot of loud noise, but more importantly the quieter our surroundings the louder all sounds tend to be. Thus while you're walking around a house with other people at night it feels like the slightest creak in the floorboards can be heard throughout the entire house, but during the day when everybody is up and moving even if it "seems" just as quiet, a creak in the floorboards probably won't even reach your own ears. This is due to both the spacial interference, as the "room noise" increases it actually attenuates and "compresses back" the other noises. But there's also a mental gate as well, even IF everything is just as quiet the situation you're in changes your perception of the sound. Since it's during the day and you're not really trying to be quiet, the sounds are much quieter to your ears, you mentally block them out and ignore them (just like everybody who's fast asleep probably won't get woken up by a creak in the boards across the house). Your brain mentally compresses the sounds anyway, and while the digital compression is essentially not as good as our brains at this losing some spacial data, the mere fact is compressing it before it reaches your ears is the smart thing to do. Your brain loses some of the information that helps locate them, but the good thing is your brain can still read compression really well. If you train on listening with compression on, you'll find yourself still able to do everything a "ear bleeding" person does. I know, every headset I've ever used has a built in compression engine on them and I always turn it on in order to soundwhore.

[@nano7586]

Valve doesn't give a fuck. If you actually played hl 2 you would notice the machine gun destroys your ears while the pistol is totally fine. Then there is those explosion sounds that are clipping/distorted so hard

[@forasago]

@@nano7586 Don't forget whenever the game freezes the current sound effects play in an obnoxiously fast loop. I've even been able to recreate this in CSGO by tabbing out and back in sometimes so it's still a "feature" today.

[@j1a2y3m4y5]

This is a major issue in an other valve game. Left 4 Dead 2. The infected/zombie sounds are extremely quiet (and partially broken; they don't always play sounds when they should) and gunshots are ear-rapingly loud. Considering you're shooting 90% of the time, you either have to make the overall sound so quiet, that you can't hear the infected or other important sound cues, or you make it loud enough so that you can hear crucial sounds, but you will damage your ears. It's even worse, because in the competetive l4d scene, all forms of mods are disabled, so mods that fix the faulty audio won't work there, meaning have your ears damaged or be an unresponsive teammate because you couldn't hear where the infected are coming from over the endless gunfire. Valve, please fix. Then again, valve hasn't made any updates to left 4 dead, and the last one wasn't well met by the community but valve hasn't made a single comment on it despite backlash, they've abandonned us :(

[@cattysplat]

I actually got my tinnitus in both ears from playing left 4 dead 2 versus for hundreds of hours during the night whilst being tired. The explosions are even more insanely loud, but it was the plane crash on Dead Air that was so loud i was physically stunned/shell shocked and couldn't take my headphones off whilst the noise wrecked my eardrums. Felt a ton of pain so went to sleep and woke up with ringing ears and constant pain. For someone who loves the sound of silence for deep thought and imagination I was horrified and in utter despair. Soon found out I had Hyperacusis (painful sensitivity to high pitched noises), going to the doctors they saw no physical damage but I avoided all sounds and shut myself in my room, played games in silence hoping the ringing would go away. My focus was so strong then I could pick out every little tone and change in sound my ears made, but that's because its all I could think about, I simply couldn't tune out the sound. Took about 3 months for the hyperacusis to go away, but it took me more months before my brain started to ignore the ringing, but I can say that today I am a completely different person. At the time I was suicidal due to the no hope of the situation, doctors couldn't help me, I feel that the person I was had been ripped away and it was never coming back. I stay up late until exhaustion because the ringing can still keep me awake sometimes, I don't have my old imagination or ability to hold information in my head because of the constant ringing distraction. Always feel in a constant state of tiredness and have to ask people who are quiet or when in loud places to repeat themselves. I can't appreciate quiet silent moments in music/movies/games because I still hear the loud constant never ending sharp sound of ringing, movies like A Quiet Place are literally torture for me. The fact there is no cure just drains all the hope away to just accepting you ruined your hearing and you will never be the same person ever again, all over a few seconds of some stupid sound effects. If you value your health and your sanity, from someone who threw away the gift of silence, please use low bass comfortable headphones at a low volume and do not compromise your hearing for your friends junk microphone/settings.

[@firedragonosis]

Title of the video: "Gaming - Your Hearing is Valuable" Ad before the video: 100db fifa advert with some dubstep and people screaming Thanks google

[@ElJefeMeech]

A KZbinr caring for the ones that does not really care for themselves. Much appreciated, I'll look into some other sound settings, rather than the max settings I'm currently using

[@MrRobotman]

It looks like the Windows 10 sound settings have changed subtly since this video. 7:50 - when you click "Device properties", you now have to click on "Additional device properties" at the far right to get to the same window. Hope this helps someone! ^_^

[@saggre]

I play CS with sausage fattener + soundgoodizer

[@nano7586]

I like to apply 10 OTTs.. I think they have a stronger effect. I even hear my teammates dad sucking on his mums nipps.

[@namejeff2888]

i use fruity fast dist

[@HenningUKN]

I play with 10 Kickstart

[@thing4826]

I use a low volume so if I listen carefully I can hear footsteps but if I am being a bit more causual I would never even notice them. This helps a lot with gunshot volume (however the issue is that long distance footsteps can be almost impossible to hear but that is a sacrifice I will take)

[@Mcpro40]

*Makes video about protecting hearing... Uses discord light mode and ruins eyes*

[@dmacmusic007]

Relateable

[@jacobmorris8869]

oof

[@nano7586]

Just don't set your monitor to its maximum intensity and you should be fine.

[@SlimeyNinjaV]

I use f.lux and I laugh at scrubs like you that don't like Light mode :)

[@glensomething2800]

I use dark mode and I laugh at scrubs like you that have to use f.lux with light mode )))

[@Blockinstaller12]

This is useful for any range of games with a large variety of volumes. Never expected to learn this much that could actually benefit me.

[@nagashiedogawa6094]

You caring about things like this is so heartwarming

[@Jmcgee1125]

Yep, the Loudness War. I'm completely against it, as it removes some of the variation in the music which allows certain tones to appear in the "background" of the track, instead of pushing everything into a confusing mess of a foreground. In your example of the Skyrim theme, punching it at the climax allows the climax to be that much more powerful, rather than just a continuation. It's similar to a drop in most songs. You want that to feel much more powerful than the previous segments, but by compressing it you might be left with something potentially even worse than the buildup. Sound level is very important in songs, and removing it does hurt the artistic expression and can detract from the experience. That compression does give a nice sound to the gunshots though. I love the slow decline.

[@0Bennyman]

3kliksphillip - "Gaming - your Hearing is valuable" Also 3k *Use light theme* Eyes - *Am I a joke to you*

[@bananowiec9530]

It is a pity that CSGO doesn't have separate volume controls for gunshots and footsteps.

[@Tetratronic]

Thanks Philip, now I'll compress the sound and crank up the volume to 100. Gotta hear those steps.

[@af2280]

I started this video, and for some reason my volume was set to 50 and my ears got blasted. Thanks a lot.

[@patchouli_s75]

STOP USING THE LIGHT THEME ON DISCORD AHNEK;HGHGIUHRGIUHGÖERGHRILGEHG MY EYES

[@officerdonut7066]

STOP USING THE LIGHT THEME ON YOUTBE OSAHDAIUSDGSAUYDFQYWEWQEAHGDAS

[@knyt0]

it's good though, it gives good separation between the servers and chats, and the chat It doesn't ruin your eyes, it has 0 effect on your eyes. What it could ruin is your sleep schedule, but that isn't bad. What ruins your eyes however, is constantly looking at something close up, bright or not, then you don't use your eye muscles to focus and unfocus. So if you wan't to not ruin your eyes, look around.

[@Thermophobe]

i thought this was going to be a sponsored video for some headphones. glad that it wasn't

[@bcsb]

3:05 when you gotta play csgo and eat a popsicle at the same time

[@dr4zel]

Thanks a lot for this vid, I've always been scared of tinnitus, which I have lightly and often had the volume quite high, hoping that the short duration would make it less damaging. Really every cs player should watch this, this game can be super deafening if not aware about this. Thanks Philip.

[@SomeGuy04]

This guide really helped me to hear the footsteps and the gunshots both clearly. Thx

[@APeXofMarksmen]

You could also use a strong limiter to remove the loud sounds and maintain directions of footsteps because theyre Not altered. No idea how weird that would sound

[@crixi__]

how? thats the best idea and perfect solution to all this! please explain

[@APeXofMarksmen]

@@crixi__ well, the idea behind a limiter is basically to Set a "max" Volume and have everything above that lowered to Match the Set "ceiling". In music production limiters are commonly used alongside compressors. If youre looking to try this for gaming youre going to have to Look into special soft- and/or Hardware that alters your Audio output im afraid. Should definitively be possible but i cant specifically Tell you how

[@theimmux3034]

Imagine hearing an echo of the AWP for the rest of your life

[@chickerinoradio6617]

having sensitive hearing works too, pain will simply force you to have a lower volume

[@Waldherz]

This video should be pinned in every game, on every website and marketed on every product

[@Law0fRevenge]

This is a topic I'd never have expected from any other CS-youtuber I know of.

[@lurker799]

THIS IS THE BEST CSGO KZbinR.

[@Tomayus2]

I don't know whether or not i actually have tinnitus but since we're already on the topic, i'll ask anyway. I hear a weird sound only with my left ear, it's like two paper bags are brushing each other furiously. I don't hear this all the time or at least i don't notice it (i'm pretty sure it's not there when there's total silence), but when i encounter loud noises (people shouting in class, listening to music with high volume), the sound gets CRAZY. It's like someone's scratching my skull from inside. I did go to a doctor in the past and had two hearing tests, i scored perfectly on both. Does anybody know what this is? It used to drive me insane when i was a child, i would start crying in class just because it was loud, now i got used to it but i still notice it and it's annoying.

[@dwikifh]

I used to have this problem back in primary and junior high. But luckily 4 me it just went away. However, if it's any help, it might have something to do with that part of ur ear that is responsible for balance. I've always thought that the "paperbag sounds" that u heard behaved like a liquid, it just sounded loud cuz it was literally in the ear. Get well soon bud !

[@Tomayus2]

468er/ PeaShooter I did! All of them looked inside my ear and said that there wasn't anything wrong. I just recently learned about tinnitus, none of them even mentioned it.

[@Tomayus2]

Dwiki Febrian Yes, exactly! I don't know how to explain but it's indeed "like a liquid". It feels like somebody's pouring water directly into my ear canal and the water is slowly moving around.

[@Kikiclark42]

​@@Tomayus2 Oh I had this. It fucking sucks my dude, but you knew this already probably. I realised as soon as you elaborated here It's maybe a remnant of an ear infection you once had. Worth checking out definitely. It's basically like over summer if you went seaside - went diving without any suit and got water stuck in your ear. And it just won't get the fuck out. Immensely infuriating.

[@K4inan]

Get a brain scan.

[@AubreyMK]

Thanks! I already have ringing in my ears and I am not even over 18 yet. . . I keep my Pc volume at 10 and I just turned on loudness compression, i hope this will fair me well

[@dominicstocker5144]

Got (or noticed?) mine at 13

[@MyGdoggy]

I wish you made this video years ago. Thanks for making it now.

[@RetroSmiles]

As someone who's legally deaf this is genuinely helpful and people should take serious consideration, it also helps me with hearing things better as well.

[@Etherion195]

Now my question: how do i make the gamesound more compressed and how can i do the same thing you showed with discord on other call programs like skype or teamspeak?

[@olaf4318]

Discord light theme??? I had a higher opinion of you phillip

[@gagapantamantaskaki1628]

i thought the title was "Gambling - Your Money is Valuable"