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12-28-2005, 07:07 PM
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Re: Going deaf... who else?
I too predict hearing loss on an epic scale for the young guys of today. Those house-shaking car stereos are going to give them the ears of a very old man very young. And people wearing earphones all the time with their ipods and portable CD players are doing a number on themselves too. You're going to see a drastically different percentage of people wearing hearing aids this century than you did the last. Fortunately, they'll probably be miniaturized and much harder to see. But being a young guy living next to an old guy who cranks the t.v. to hear it and screams every time he's on the telephone is going to be crazy bad in the future.
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12-28-2005, 07:24 PM
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Re: Going deaf... who else?
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I too predict hearing loss on an epic scale for the young guys of today. Those house-shaking car stereos are going to give them the ears of a very old man very young. And people wearing earphones all the time with their ipods and portable CD players are doing a number on themselves too. You're going to see a drastically different percentage of people wearing hearing aids this century than you did the last. Fortunately, they'll probably be miniaturized and much harder to see. But being a young guy living next to an old guy who cranks the t.v. to hear it and screams every time he's on the telephone is going to be crazy bad in the future. [/ QUOTE ] Yea, any noise over 80dB (I think it's 80) causes damage that can't be replaced. It's never a good thing when you hear some dipsh@t listening to a car stereo when the car is 50 feet away and you are inside your own car with music on. I think tinitus will be more widespread though.
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12-28-2005, 07:40 PM
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Re: Going deaf... who else?
Yup, guys in my neighborhood have music so loud that from quite a distance I can still get wood furniture and glass to start to vibrate so hard they give off noise of their own. They must be completely destroying their ears.
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#4
12-28-2005, 09:05 PM
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Re: Going deaf... who else?
My hearing is still pretty good though Ive been to a ton of shows over the years. The only one that ever bothered my was a Reverend Horton Heat show, it was on a Friday and my ears were still ringing on Monday. That cant be good.
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12-28-2005, 10:33 PM
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Re: Going deaf... who else?
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heh? [/ QUOTE ] DO YOU NEED US TO TYPE LOUDER?
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#8
12-29-2005, 11:31 AM
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Re: Going deaf... who else?
I think my hearing is good, but my wife believes I damaged it with rock 'n roll music. So that's pretty sweet.
"Honey, would you take out the trash?" *act like I didn't hear that* [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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#9
12-28-2005, 11:04 PM
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Re: Going deaf... who else?
I've worn hearing aids for a few years now. I'm only about 35-40% deficiant. Unfortunately the range where I'm most deficiant is where the human voice falls. So conversing without them is a pain for both parties.
I too had ringing in the ears until I got my hearing aids. After a month or two it starts to decline. When I'm not wearing my hearing aids it's there but as soon as I pop 'em in it gets cut right off. An audiologist told me that as hearing declines, the stimuli the brain is used to receiving also declines. So, the brain makes it's own. Luckily, technology has come far enough for my HA's to fit totally in my ears out of sight. When they need an adjustment my Dr. hooks up his laptop. Nice. After years of not hearing it was like a different world. If you really need them, you should get them.
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