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who has hearing damage?

rulerboyz said:
Here's a 20 Khz wav file:

http://www.rme-audio.com/download/20khz_16.zip
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I can hear it!!! :banana:

I can also hear the 15 kHz tone at the end of Sgt Pepper via an old Parlophone I picked up the other day. The record is VG- and has been played zillions of times, probably on cheap record players of the day. This type of record wear is supposed to "erase" the higher frequencies as the grooves are "recut" by blunt styli. Still, I hear it!

However, sometimes my right ear tends to make sounds like some liquid was inside. Perhaps needs a good cleaning! :D
 
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I too have tinnitus, and have recently been tested by a ear specialist.

I have earing loss in the upper ranges.

I can still remember years ago, going out in the boonies with a friend and shooting a 357 magnum, without ear protection. :nono:

My ears rang for days..... The doc says that's probably where the tinnitus started, and the gradual hearing loss started also.

There's no going back. Once your ears are damaged, your on the down side.
It sucks! :thumbsdn:
 
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rickrob2 said:
I went to lots of loud arena shows in the 70's- 80's. (I walked out of an AC/DC concert in the early-80's. It was just too loud. I remember my ears rang for a while after that one.)

I have some tinnitus now, but I'm not sure on hearing loss. I could hear up to 16K with these tones on my PC, then my sound card had no output, or clipped.

20Hz - 20Khz

http://mdf1.tripod.com/test-tones.html (watch out for the pop-ups)
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Man I am in bad shape...couldn't here anything above 12000hz...
 
Hearing loss begins with a general loss of the high frequencies, but will also expose itself as dropouts in the midrange frequencies too, which hurts intelligibility. You don't need the highs that much, but you do need your midranges.

I HIGHLY recommend these plugs: http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/er20.aspx

There are several varieties like it, but Etymotic is a very well respected audio company, and these plugs are only 12$. The only thing better is to get their custom fitted 'musicians' plugs, which have to be arranged through an audiologist. They cost around 150$, but they are perfectly fitted to your ear, and you can choose 9, 15, or 15 db of attenuation, based on your needs.

They have a very flat frequency response, an even 20db of attenuation across the entire band. They don't make things sound muffled, just quieter. A lot of musicians use them, because it doesn't screw up the sound of their instruments, and they are great for loud shows, since they don't make things sound bad, like foam plugs.

Protect that hearing, you only get one chance!

peace,
sam
 
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Like many of you here, I have been to hundreds of concerts, have stacked HPM 100's and 60's, and an awesome system in my van. (the real cuprit I believe) no limits! My hearing sucks but I can still appreciate a good sounding stereo and am very fussy about Hi-Fidelity weather in my car or the home office. My right ear rings constantly. I have also had a couple of nasty ear infections that really messed things up for me. I think the last one got my right ear to ring non stop...It sucks big time, but I guess I have to live withi it...
 
yes i can hear this 20khz sample. but my right ear isn't 100% anymore. if i going to sleep i hear noises. it takes a couple of hours before my ears recover from this. i train my ears frequently. when i go to sleep i listen to the lowest volume i can hear. after half an hour i can hear 5-10db less.
 
reblast said:
LAlso i can't stand silence. Always need a computer fan or radio running or the noise from inside the ear starts to annoy. Is this called a tinnitus?
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Yes. You're relying on the fan or radio to mask/cover up the ringing or whistle of tinnitus. I'm not a doctor, but that is what I understand to be the case.
Tom
 
20 years working at a paperboard converting plant and I have moderate hearing loss in both ears at the higher frequencies. I have tinnitus as well. I usually sleep with a fan too.
 
My hearing is just fine, however I'm finding that my speakers all seem to have increasingly dull highs... :D

My funny story: playing with audio test bench on my laptop through my desk system late at work one night. Decide I'll see how high the tweeters on the Advent/3s go, so I start running up the scale: 10k...OK. 12.5k...OK. 15k...dropping off some. 16k...gone. Even tried turning up the volume on the Tandberg, still nothing, but - hey! - what's that burning smell? DOH! Guess the tweeters were fine before I burned 'em out, must have been my ears, eh? EH? WHAT DID YOU SAY???

:sigh:
 
I've got "low level" hearing loss (that's what they said when they last tested me), not from music but from working in computer rooms with printers, disk drives and other devices that make a humming.

Now being a software engineer I care about my hearing more than I did as a kid. A couple of years ago I went to a Ted Nugent concert and did the unthinkable........ After a couple of songs I went and got some earplugs.

I've seen what I thought were loud bands before, nothing I ever saw before was in the same league as Nugent....... ;)
 
Urizen said:
Whenever I go to concerts now, I wear Hearos . They are comfortable and they work! Protect those ears, friends. :music:
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Nice find, I've got a live show coming up and was dreading the right ear distortion, maybe these will help and not be too isolating.
thanks
bw
 
I have had tinnitis for about 20 years. My first "real" damage was in '91. I went to a free concert with my then girlfriend (unaffectionately known as the BoozHag). The Fabulous Thunderbirds were playing (post Jimmy Vaughn) and she dragged me right up front. My left ear has had a pronounced ring since that night. More recently though, I showed some seriously bad judgement. During Thanksgiving my brother in law took my son and I out to do some shooting. We found some ear protection for mini-me but, none for me. What the he!! I decided to go without. I'm not sure whether it was the 44 magnum or the mini 14 but, my left ear is seriously f#$%#!! up now. I have a pronounced suck out in the midrange. Certain highs sound like a tweeter with a slit cut into it. I am considering selling my tube amp now. I can no longer tell the difference between it and a Yorx.
:dammit: :pity: :pity: :dammit:
 
The Etymotic Reasearch ear plugs on Music Direct are pretty good. They're $12 a pair. You can also go to an Audiologist and get custom musician's ear plugs for about $60 a pair. Not counting the cost of seeing your pcp first and then the specialist visit.
 
tinitus thanks to george harrison and friends circa 1974. pierced ear drum (right ear) thanks to swimming circa 1962.

and i still have to listen to my wife, now she yells into my left ear :( drat !!!
 
I have slight loss in my left ear thanks to 2-3 ear infections over the past 5 years.

If I'm in a public event and the music or PA system is too loud, I either leave immediately or get hearing protection. It's just not worth loosing one's ability to hear. I love music and not being able to hear it correctly would really tear me up.

People, don't listen to music too loudly and ALWAYS wear some kind of hearing protection! And for you swimmers out there, put in some kind of ear plug so that you don't get an infection!
 
Tinnitis in both ears. Left ear hears only low bass and stuff at or about 10K. Right ear hears no bass and no highs, just mids. This has been since I was a child, though it's much worse now at 42.

I can't use the telephone -- I can't understand people, especially women, in either ear. In crowded places, I cannot pick out any one voice, I just nod my head a lot.

I have to pop my ears a lot, I was told when I was young that the holes are too small.

My hearing is pretty much screwed, I'll probably be stone deaf in 10 years.
 
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