What is pissing you off this time?

[footfootfoot]

I have shit for figure ground hearing. I would get a hearing aid in a heartbeat if it would help. I love my glasses because I like to see. Hearing is another of my favorite senses. Collect the whole set!

The other thought I had is another one of my million dollar thoughts that I am going to work on and therefore not post it here. Or hear, as the case may be.

We're big fans of corrupting language and we came up with turtle weenie soup not based on mis hearing but on word play.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

I have shit for figure ground hearing.

Is there a short (& simple) explanation of what that is? Everything I found looked over my head.

ALSO: WTF is turtle weenie soup? I can't work it out.

[glatt]

tortellini

[Gravdigr]

Ah, thx.

Momdigr got a kick outta that.

[orthodoc]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Ah, thx.

Momdigr got a kick outta that.

You're welcome.

My kids got a kick out of it too; now it's an inside joke. We can shock our guests during the holidays.

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Is there a short (& simple) explanation of what that is? Everything I found looked over my head.

ALSO: WTF is turtle weenie soup? I can't work it out.

The ability to distinguish the voice of the person speaking to you (the figure) from the background sounds (the ground)

Think of looking at a person standing in a wooded area, that's like the sound you want to hear. If your hearing is good, then the person is obvious. If you have a figure ground problem it's as though the person was wearing camo or a ghillie suit. It all looks/sounds the same.

[Aliantha]

That is usually referred to as industrial deafness over here.

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

The ability to distinguish the voice of the person speaking to you (the figure) from the background sounds (the ground)

Think of looking at a person standing in a wooded area, that's like the sound you want to hear. If your hearing is good, then the person is obvious. If you have a figure ground problem it's as though the person was wearing camo or a ghillie suit. It all looks/sounds the same.

[Gravdigr]

RE: Hearing/hearing aids:

Today, I've learned about Hearing Loops.

Interesting.

[orthodoc]

Hearing aids don't make noisy environments perfect, but they improve things. Part of the problem is that, when you first get your new aids, your brain has lost practice at distinguishing certain sounds. Along with my aids I was given a multi-lesson course by the audiologist to get me hearing accurately again. It took time.

It was emotional for me the first time I drove home with my aids in, got out of the car, and heard the birds. I could hear every little thing, and I knew then what I'd been missing. They say people hate hearing aids at first and have to work up to using them, but for me it was like being blind and suddenly having vision. You couldn't persuade me to take my aids out.

I will say, I still hate hearing appliances running. But that's a very very small price to pay.

PS @foot - if you can't distinguish speech from background sounds, you might want to think about getting an audiogram done and getting at least one hearing aid. Pure tone loss lags far behind the ability to distinguish speech.

[monster]

Originally Posted by orthodoc

but for me it was like being blind and suddenly having vision.

you don't think that would be traumatic and maybe scary and overwhelming for the majority experiencing it?

[orthodoc]

Originally Posted by monster

you don't think that would be traumatic and maybe scary and overwhelming for the majority experiencing it?

For someone who has had hearing to any reasonable degree and then lost it, no ... just as it wouldn't be traumatic for someone who had had sight, lost it for a period of time, and then regained it. It does take time to get used to hearing so many things again; your brain doesn't filter out background noise as it used to, so the noise of a refrigerator may be intrusive. After a few weeks, your brain filters things again. Your voice sounds weird with the hearing aids for a period of time but again, your brain learns to process that better and you get past that hurdle. But the sheer joy of hearing all those noises, and hearing your family when they talk to you ... priceless.

[limey]

I have an elderly friend who needs hearing aids and has had them for some time. She refuses to wear them because they distort the sound and she "Doesn't want to look like that stupid old woman with the hearing aids" (I've asked her). Instead she is increasingly looking like "that stupid old woman" (most people don't know about her deafness). I didn't realise that she's weakening her brain's abilities as well.
Yes, this is pissing me off this time ....

Sent by thought transference

[Gravdigr]

They moved an F-111 Aardvark from the restoration hangar at Bowling Green Airport to Aviation Heritage Park Sunday night.

They tow the planes right down US 231 in Bowling Green, four-six lanes of highly trafficked commercial area. The sight of an F-111 (which is considerably larger than an F-4) easing down that particular stretch of highway for a little over a mile would be fukkin awesome!

I missed it when they moved the F-4 Phantom.

I missed it when they moved the T-33 Shooting Star.

And, goddammit, I missed it when they moved the F-111.

[Nirvana]

Must be my hair I thought Miss Letella[sp] was a weirder version of The Master of Malaprop! Norm Crosby NEVERMIND

[limegreenc]

I think our Indian summer is over Tomorrow's the last day of +75 degree weather, then it's back to reality. There are 6 black walnut trees in a 500 square foot radius and the yard is just covered with squirrels. If you ever try to crack a black walnut wear your rubber gloves and carry a vise and ball-peen hammer.

If that doesn't stop you from getting to the nut, the juglone might.
'It is sometimes used as a herbicide, as a dye for cloth and inks, and as a coloring agent for foods and cosmetics.'
I'm still trying to get the stain out of my fingers after 2 years.