Does anyone else hate the sound of clapping?

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zeldapsychology
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07 Sep 2011, 6:58 pm

It's LOUD and in a 30 student lecture room it echoes and hurts my ears. After they clapped for me to go give my speech I mention 1st thing don't clap when I'm done since it hurts my ears. They laughed (UH that was being honest not something funny) guess they didn't get it. Should I wear light headphones to drown out the clapping (they are small MP3 ones so they'll at least muffle the sound) No MP3 playing but the headphones in. Perhaps ask the professor. I really hate the sound of loud clapping. It's annoying and I overall see no point in clapping a stupid idiotic behavior of society unfourtunanetly.



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07 Sep 2011, 8:53 pm

You might try earplugs. You can buy them at Wal Mart and they are fairly cheap. They are small and made of foam. This way it won't be so obvious you have something blocking sound.



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07 Sep 2011, 9:36 pm

[Insert a "One Hand Clapping" joke here.]


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07 Sep 2011, 10:21 pm

I have problems with hand clapping too. Not all clapping, but just a certain kind. I don't really know how to explain it, but it's usually one or two people close to me who clap in a way that hurts, not all clapping in general.

This has recently become a pretty significant problem because my sister started color guard and I'm expected to attend her football games on a pretty regular basis. For last Friday's I got my dad to bring me a pair of earplugs from his work. It was amazing what a difference it made. I could actually relax. I didn't even know how tense and stressed I was until I wasn't anymore.

IDK about using headphones. I guess it depends on the model of yours and how well they block out noise, but earplugs aren't too hard to get a hold of, they're less noticeable, and they'll probably work better. I think it would probably be easier to get your professor to let you wear earplugs than headphones. XD

How about asking people to do a sign-language hand clap for you? (Where instead of clapping, they put their hands up in the air and shake them.) I think it would probably be easier to get people to do something as an alternative to clapping as opposed to not clapping at all, just because we're so conditioned by society to show appreciation when something like that concludes.



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07 Sep 2011, 11:34 pm

Yes. It's worse when people don't quit doing it and it lasts for minutes and minutes. And ow doesn't that hurt their hands when they make that sound?



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08 Sep 2011, 1:50 am

clapping is a bit better than ruffing.



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08 Sep 2011, 10:34 am

The fewer people, and closer to me clapping, the worse! When it's a huge room full of thousands of people, it sort of turns to white noise and isn't all that bad, but when it's someone close by, like while standing beside someone at a show or something, it can become very annoying. It is most annoying when a single person in a small group claps, like to cheer something they saw on TV or something another person said



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08 Sep 2011, 10:47 am

i never see someone like you before



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08 Sep 2011, 11:02 am

If one person with an awful technique claps, it can be utterly horrible. A mass of people, or a small number with good technique, and I'm fine.



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08 Sep 2011, 11:06 am

Yes.
I quite like the sound of recorded clapping, though, on modern recording equipment.



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08 Sep 2011, 11:19 am

I hate clapping myself. Not just because of the sound, but the feeling involved...Sending shock waves from my hands up my arms. When attending shows, people always remark why I'm not clapping, and ask if I didn't like the performer, speaker, etc. When I tell them I simply don't like clapping and find it uncomfortable, I always invariably get weird looks!



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08 Sep 2011, 12:04 pm

I'm slowly starting to learn that certian sounds were making me tense up. Wearing earplugs/not wearing earplugs while riding my bike is a night and day experience. It was a revelation also.

I can be more relaxed if I wear earplugs more often. But they have to be the musican's type otherwise the distortion of the middle ranges bothers me. I've found a 12-18dB set that's soft and breathable seems to be the best. I like the natural ear ones, myself. Small sounds in quiet environments are still audible, but screaming and clapping are muted.



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08 Sep 2011, 1:02 pm

I always cover my ears when everyone claps their hands. Is it really necassary?


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08 Sep 2011, 1:25 pm

I can't stand the sound of clapping from a small amount of people clapping slowly, but the sound of clapping from lots of people in unison without sounding slow doesn't bother me.



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08 Sep 2011, 2:26 pm

My husband does this weird thing, at shows (comedy or musical). When the audience concensus appears to be 'enough with the clapping', he just keeps going, until I nudge him.



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08 Sep 2011, 3:13 pm

Yep! I am not very fond of clapping either. I work at a theatre which has concerts and the like, and when 1000 people are clapping, and some have to try and out-clap everyone else, I HATE it. It really hurts me ears a lot, so I have to wear ear plugs.


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