Hearing Loss - Serious Question - Page 2

HungLikeJesus · 07-03-2008, 08:09 PM

YOU SAY YOU'RE PREGNANT? GIRL OR BOY?

Big Sarge · 07-04-2008, 02:20 AM

That's a good one HLJ

Big Sarge · 07-04-2008, 02:28 AM

SG: Thanks for the clip. I hear nothing before 300 Hz & nothing after 9 kHz. However, it drives my bunk mate nuts. LOL. I for see hours of this clip as revenge for his snoring

xoxoxoBruce · 07-04-2008, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Big Sarge

LOL. I foresee hours of this clip as revenge for his snoring

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Originally Posted by Big Sarge

Of course, I'm bored out of my mind. I have nothing to do for the next week until I ship out...

Uh huh.

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It weighs heavy on my mind because it has been a fight for me to stay in the military the past couple of years due to "declining health/old age".

Hell, I read in the paper this week about several blind officers. Dedication, experience and enthusiasm, counts a lot, so hang in there, Sarge.

Besides, you'd be dangerous out on the streets.

busterb · 07-04-2008, 03:23 PM

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but having a volume control does have advantages.

Very true, or just leave them at home.

DanaC · 07-04-2008, 06:39 PM

Okay, well first off, Pilau really did not like that!

secondly, is it a bad sign that I couldn't hear anything until about a minute in? I started to discern (above the background noise of the laptop) a note at 1:05 then lost sound at 4:33 and got a wobble of sound back at 4:37 then it vanished.

Clodfobble · 07-04-2008, 10:19 PM

I think that video's bogus. My kids heard the same thing (the lost sound at 4:33, the returned wobble at 4:37, and then gone again) and their hearing is a damn sight better than most adults. I think YouTube itself drops the high and low frequencies in its compression.

zippyt · 07-04-2008, 10:44 PM

I had problems with the low end ,not until about 30 hz
I lost the hi end at 4:43

footfootfoot · 07-04-2008, 10:57 PM

I lost it after 14 Khz. I can hear fine except, like SG, I have a "figure ground problem". Voices in public places are the auditory equivalent of polar bears in a snowstorm.

Sundae · 07-05-2008, 12:11 PM

It doesn't claim to be an accurate test - but you do need to listen with headphones. I've just tried it without and I couldn't hear a thing until 1.30 minutes (90-100) whereas I heard it from the start on headphones. Then again I know this pc is very quiet.

What surprised me was that I didn't lose the higher sound much sooner thanks to background traffic.
I figured I always hear lower noises better.
Which is why I can't hear well when walking along a busy road - a bus goes past and the other person might as well be miming.

Turns out if other people took helium I'd be okay!

zippyt · 07-05-2008, 02:22 PM

Twat ??
I Cunt Hear you !!
My ears Must be inFuckted !!!

BrianR · 07-07-2008, 10:04 PM

I lost the tone at 13 kHz. I spent some time sleeping under running jet engines and currently spend a lot of time around rumbling trucks.

glatt · 07-08-2008, 07:37 AM

My ears hurt a little after taking the test. I had the volume down fairly low too. I took it with my kids, and we all got about the same results (don't remember the numbers), except they didn't complain about ear pain afterwards.

Pooka · 07-08-2008, 01:16 PM

Thanks to a bout of menigitis I have seriously deminished hearing in my right ear. For about 2 weeks I couldn't hear out of it at all, but then the eardrum finally hemorrhaged and I slowley regaind some of the hearing. Apparently, the skin begins to rebuild itself from the center of the eardrum and works its way out the ear canal... so I still have nasty ulcerated flesh in there... the position just changes bit by bit... I go back to the doctor tomorrow for a 3rd follow up.

I had to remind Flint that if he was talking on that side of me the likelyhood that I didn't hear him was pretty high...

My mom has been deaf in her left ear for most of her life. As a result she brought us up signing, and following suit... I am teaching our children to sign.

BigV · 07-08-2008, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Pooka

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My mom has been deaf in her left ear for most of her life. As a result she brought us up signing, and following suit... I am teaching our children to sign.

Pooka, meet Tink. Tink, Pooka.

You could learn a lot about teaching children to sign from her. All our kids sign (well, all the adults too, duh). Since we have a deaf son, signing is our best option.

07-03-2008, 08:09 PM	#1
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	YOU SAY YOU'RE PREGNANT? GIRL OR BOY? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

07-04-2008, 10:44 PM	#8
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	I had problems with the low end ,not until about 30 hz I lost the hi end at 4:43 __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

07-04-2008, 10:57 PM	#9
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I lost it after 14 Khz. I can hear fine except, like SG, I have a "figure ground problem". Voices in public places are the auditory equivalent of polar bears in a snowstorm. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

07-05-2008, 12:11 PM	#10
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	It doesn't claim to be an accurate test - but you do need to listen with headphones. I've just tried it without and I couldn't hear a thing until 1.30 minutes (90-100) whereas I heard it from the start on headphones. Then again I know this pc is very quiet. What surprised me was that I didn't lose the higher sound much sooner thanks to background traffic. I figured I always hear lower noises better. Which is why I can't hear well when walking along a busy road - a bus goes past and the other person might as well be miming. Turns out if other people took helium I'd be okay! Last edited by Sundae; 07-05-2008 at 12:19 PM. Reason: Clarity!

07-05-2008, 02:22 PM	#11
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Twat ?? I Cunt Hear you !! My ears Must be inFuckted !!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

07-04-2008, 02:20 AM	#2
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	That's a good one HLJ

07-04-2008, 02:28 AM	#3
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	SG: Thanks for the clip. I hear nothing before 300 Hz & nothing after 9 kHz. However, it drives my bunk mate nuts. LOL. I for see hours of this clip as revenge for his snoring

07-04-2008, 06:39 PM	#6
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Okay, well first off, Pilau really did not like that! secondly, is it a bad sign that I couldn't hear anything until about a minute in? I started to discern (above the background noise of the laptop) a note at 1:05 then lost sound at 4:33 and got a wobble of sound back at 4:37 then it vanished.

07-04-2008, 10:19 PM	#7
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I think that video's bogus. My kids heard the same thing (the lost sound at 4:33, the returned wobble at 4:37, and then gone again) and their hearing is a damn sight better than most adults. I think YouTube itself drops the high and low frequencies in its compression.

07-07-2008, 10:04 PM	#12
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	I lost the tone at 13 kHz. I spent some time sleeping under running jet engines and currently spend a lot of time around rumbling trucks. __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

07-08-2008, 07:37 AM	#13
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	My ears hurt a little after taking the test. I had the volume down fairly low too. I took it with my kids, and we all got about the same results (don't remember the numbers), except they didn't complain about ear pain afterwards.

07-08-2008, 01:16 PM	#14
Pooka Your Invisible Rabbit Friend Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Betwixt and Between Posts: 528	Thanks to a bout of menigitis I have seriously deminished hearing in my right ear. For about 2 weeks I couldn't hear out of it at all, but then the eardrum finally hemorrhaged and I slowley regaind some of the hearing. Apparently, the skin begins to rebuild itself from the center of the eardrum and works its way out the ear canal... so I still have nasty ulcerated flesh in there... the position just changes bit by bit... I go back to the doctor tomorrow for a 3rd follow up. I had to remind Flint that if he was talking on that side of me the likelyhood that I didn't hear him was pretty high... My mom has been deaf in her left ear for most of her life. As a result she brought us up signing, and following suit... I am teaching our children to sign.

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