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At the clinic for V-drummers in Atlanta this past weekend, I was talking to a fellow that was asking me about my gear. I mentioned that for practice at home I almost always wear headphones. He said, "Be careful of that vertigo thing using phones all the time." When I asked what he meant he said that he had been to the doctor for a mild recurring case of vertigo and that when he told the doctor about practicing drums with headphones on, the doctor said that was probably it. It seems that wearing closed ear cans, even at low volumes can cause pressure build up inside the ear and lead to balance problems and dizziness. This struck a real chord with me as I went to the doctor about six months ago for exactly this problem.
My doctor told me that there can be a sudden onset of positional vertigo that occurs for no apparent reason and I must be experiencing that. I think that's Dr. speak for, "I have no idea."
Have any of you had any of these symptoms particularly when first standing up from a lying down position? It never occured to me that this could be related to the drums and for that reason, I never mentioned using the headphones to my doctor.
My doctor told me that there can be a sudden onset of positional vertigo that occurs for no apparent reason and I must be experiencing that. I think that's Dr. speak for, "I have no idea."
Have any of you had any of these symptoms particularly when first standing up from a lying down position? It never occured to me that this could be related to the drums and for that reason, I never mentioned using the headphones to my doctor.
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