Hearing

[volshooter]

Most of us have hearing loss, it comes to all.
My mom and best friend have serious loss.

I look forward to the day it comes to me. I tell them it's a blessing.
Put me in a stadium full of people or in any place where there are many conversations and it causes me headaches.
I can hear bout any conversation within a 30+ foot radius. It is a sensory over load as I cain't tune them out.
Biggest reason I avoid crowds. I wear ear plugs in crowds to help but it still ain't enough. Imagine being in a restaurant and being able to hear folks ordering, private conversations and discussions about operations/health.
Very uncomfortable and wispers are even more clear.
Most of my time is spent outdoors without artificial noise. It's great outside with nature, folks talking prevents me from a lot of things.
For those of you that have hearing loss, Bless your heart and I can speak up to converse with you. At least you don't have to hear every body.

 

[Bob Wright]

My hearing loss is slight right now. But I miss the sound of some birds singing. Also those little beeps from battery checkers. I can hear the rustle of leaves from wind or foot steps. High pitched sounds escape me.

And crickets chirp very often, even when there's none around. And at times I think the smoke alarm has gone off.

Don't go wishing for any loss of your faculties. It will come in time.

Bob Wright

 

[Mobuck]

"I look forward to the day it comes to me. I tell them it's a blessing."
You won't feel the same when it happens. Trust me, I've had significant hearing loss for decades and it's a serious handicap when you're in the business of dealing with people. I can't talk to my Grandson on the phone and barely understand my Granddaughter face to face. When I order at a restaurant, I have to depend on my companion(s) to interpret the waitress' questions.

 

[jimd441]

For many years I have experienced hearing loss at high frequencies but not conversational frequencies due to what I attribute primarily to not wearing hearing protection when shooting when I was younger. Now, at age 64 I find it has moved into conversational frequencies, which is annoying. I may have to bite the proverbial bullet and acquire hearing aids :(

Jim

 

[volshooter]

I reckon I didn't make my post clear. I hear conversations from very far away, perhaps 50 foot. When I get in a crowd I hear everything, it's overwhelming. Imagine sitting at a restaurant table trying to talk to your wife and hearing a conversation between to elderly ladies about their grandchildren and operations. Not to mention hearing every order, complaint, comment...………
It is a curse. Tested I have above normal hearing by quite a bit. I would love not to hear everything around me, especially folks conversations that have nothing to do with me.
We used to go to base ball games. Even with plugs I could not tune out conversations 12 rows back so we stopped going.
It's not just noise, I can hear them. Cain't tune them out, my sister is the same way.

 

[bogus bill]

I worked around aircraft for 35 years. I badly need hearing aids but am too cheap to buy them. The worst for me is a roomful of people trying to talk over each other. No matter how loud I turn up the tv I have a hard time understanding what I hear. I can cup my hands behind my ears and that seems to help distinguishing the words. I am thinking about trying a set of those $500 hearing devices they advertise on tv. I damn sure won't spend five to six thousand dollars for a set they probably make for fifty dollars! How hard can it be? I believe the entire industry is one of the biggest scams in this country.

 

[toysoldier]

High-frequency hearing loss is God's way of letting you enjoy life with a wife and grandchildren. :wink:

 

[Colonialgirl]

I got hearing aids thanks to the VA; If I want to hear MORE, I can turn them up, TOO NOISY and I can turn them all the way down, I get free batteries and other tidbits for them.
Life sounds DULL with out them.

 

[Bear Paw Jack]

I worked around aircraft for 35 years. I badly need hearing aids but am too cheap to buy them. The worst for me is a roomful of people trying to talk over each other. No matter how loud I turn up the tv I have a hard time understanding what I hear. I can cup my hands behind my ears and that seems to help distinguishing the words. I am thinking about trying a set of those $500 hearing devices they advertise on tv. I damn sure won't spend five to six thousand dollars for a set they probably make for fifty dollars! How hard can it be? I believe the entire industry is one of the biggest scams in this country.

My hearing is still reasonably good, but before you make any decisions shop around. I would include Costco with that. I don't know if Medicare helps with it or not. Be worth asking.

 

[bogus bill]

Thanks. I didn't think it did but I will ask at costco the next time we go. We recently bought our glass`s there. My ex `s father was a audiologist and even had his own brand but he's long gone. He was deaf himself.

 

[graygun]

I have tinnitus...ringing...which is mainly noticeable when other sounds are not present or are at very low levels. I've been to exposed to high sound levels for brief periods...drag races etc (75 hp electric motors at work) but sometimes only once a year for the races. I'd protect my ears against the loudest ones.

 

[Rick Courtright]

I have tinnitus...ringing...which is mainly noticeable when other sounds are not present or are at very low levels.

Hi,

Same here. Unlike many friends my age or past, who've lost the high frequencies, I still hear most of them fine, as long as they're loud enough to drown out the tinnitus. Multiple conversations in a room can be annoying, but I think they always have been to me, even before I had any changes in my hearing. It seems there's always ONE in there I can hear perfectly, with the rest coming in bits and pieces, and it's usually the most uninteresting one! ;)

Rick C

 

[gunzo]

Volshooter, you feel you have lemons? make some lemonade. It's possible there is an employer that could use your extraordinary hearing & they could be prepared to pay very, very well for it.

 

[Fox Mike]

After years of guns, '60 cycle hum' in radar vans, and helicopters I am near deaf in my left ear and bad in the right. I have the type aids that sit above/behind the ear with a little wire plugged in the ear. The beauty of being deaf is when in a noisy crowd I can remove them and achieve some quiet. Those with normal hearing have to put up with the noise.

 

[Mega Twin]

The only good thing about hearing loss,is how quietly I can walk through the woods. Well as long as I don't have my hearing aides in anyhow!
Restaurant noises can be very irritating,what with the dishes clattering,people talking in all directions around,and sometimes I have to turn them off,but then can't make out what my table is talking about.
I usually just smile and nod alot.
Losing any of your senses is not to joke about.

 

[32magfan]

My late father had significant hearing loss by the time he started me on my shooting career (about 6, I guess). His loss was from shooting thirty-plus years without protection and operating tractors, chain saws, etc. without it also.

He was adamant that I always wore ear and eye protection, every time. He began to set the proper example by wearing it also, preserving what he had left.

I have some hearing loss in my left ear, mainly high frequency. I also have tinnitus. It varies in intensity, sometimes it drives me crazy.(short trip -ha!ha!)

I don’t think I want to lose any of my senses...

32Magfan

 

[exavid]

I don't have much hearing at all above 3000HZ. Without hearing aids everything sounds muffled and difficult to understand with tinnitus to boot I really needed them. Big improvement! I get mine at Costco. Not cheap but $1500 for a pair, programmed by their audiologist is a fraction of what other places charge. Costco employees are on salary too, no commission so they don't push more stuff or higher price stuff than you need. The ones I have link to my cell phone so I can adjust volume and frequency as well as different programs with my phone which is very handy and discreet.

When you're cornered by someone irritating you can take out your phone and turn them down or off while smiling and nodding.

 

[Ka6otm]

I worked around aircraft for 35 years. I badly need hearing aids but am too cheap to buy them. The worst for me is a roomful of people trying to talk over each other. No matter how loud I turn up the tv I have a hard time understanding what I hear. I can cup my hands behind my ears and that seems to help distinguishing the words. I am thinking about trying a set of those $500 hearing devices they advertise on tv. I damn sure won't spend five to six thousand dollars for a set they probably make for fifty dollars! How hard can it be? I believe the entire industry is one of the biggest scams in this country.

I use hearing aids in both ears and after talking to friends who have the $3K~$5K hearing aids I decided to try the cheaper ones.

They work very well, have 4 program settings and have solved my hearing problems for the most part. In extremely loud environments, like a Sports Bar during Football games they aren't so great, though, but what is?

https://www.amazon.com/Amplifier-Reduction-Feedback-Cancellation-Invisible/dp/B075X2DGDB/ref=sr_1_4_s_it?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1544968072&sr=1-4&keywords=empower+hearing+amplifier

 

[bogus bill]

Well, I did go to Costco yesterday. The lady said their hearing aids run $1,200 to $2,500. They had a spot open for a exam so the audiologist looked in my ears and said he couldn't do the test. To go home and harvest the corn and wax out of my ears and come back.

 

[exavid]

Maybe you'll be lucky and once they're reamed out won't need hearing aids. It was surprising to me when they gave me a trial pair to walk around Costco while they set up the pair I was buying. I never knew Costco was so noisy. Also things sounded kind of "tinny" until I got used to them. It wasn't tinny, just that I hadn't been hearing the higher pitched sounds. Nowadays I have a love-hate relationship with them. I like them because I can turn them up all the way when I'm in the woods to the point I can hear a fly fart at 25yds, but they are a bother and the batteries seem to run out just when you need them. Mine last about four days of use, so I tell Siri to warn me about 70 hours after I intall them. Hearing aids without Bluetooth will be easier on batteries but Bluetooth is very handy to adjust the volume and pitch response or change the programming with a phone.

 

[Colonialgirl]

Maybe you'll be lucky and once they're reamed out won't need hearing aids. It was surprising to me when they gave me a trial pair to walk around Costco while they set up the pair I was buying. I never knew Costco was so noisy. Also things sounded kind of "tinny" until I got used to them. It wasn't tinny, just that I hadn't been hearing the higher pitched sounds. Nowadays I have a love-hate relationship with them. I like them because I can turn them up all the way when I'm in the woods to the point I can hear a fly fart at 25yds, but they are a bother and the batteries seem to run out just when you need them. Mine last about four days of use, so I tell Siri to warn me about 70 hours after I intall them. Hearing aids without Bluetooth will be easier on batteries but Bluetooth is very handy to adjust the volume and pitch response or change the programming with a phone.

Batteries in my Aids last 5 to 6 days, I kept track for almost a year and then quit; I do carry a spare pack of batteries in my purse which is quite handy when they sign off while I'm out shopping or something.

 

[pete44ru]

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I seem to have a marital hearing loss - especially when my Green-Eyed Monster is remonstrating with me. :mrgreen:

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[Hellraiser]

I have been unable to hear things clearly for a long time. Been readin' lips for the last few years.

When movies are on... I have to have "closed-captioning"... but with today's movies... it don't matter. They are all on-screen crap... imho.

Big problem... when somebody is talkin'... and not lookin' at you. Can't hear or see a word.

Was scheduled to have a cochlear-implant... but postponed it... pending the outcome of my life.

^..^