Hearing Loss - Serious Question

Flint · 07-03-2008, 09:39 AM

We always use CC for the hearing impaired or subtitles in English at my house.

Tink · 07-03-2008, 10:19 AM

My oldest son is deaf so I've dealt with hearing loss, tests, hearing aids, research, etc for 21+ years.

In a standard hearing test (un-aided/no hearing aid), a reading of 70 is a severe hearing loss. The reading basically is your threshold, a threshold being the smallest of detectable sound.
For people with "normal" hearing, the threshold is 35db, basically conversational speech.

A hearing aid would be a huge benefit to you with this type of loss. Did your Dr. say whether it was a conductive loss or a sensory-neural loss? One being inner ear and the other being nerve.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-03-2008, 10:41 AM

70 is severe, but was it at 1 test point? 2? 3? I'm guessing the test you had was just the basic, run them all through to check for problems, kind of screening.
It might indicate an ongoing problem, or may be an anomaly, but more comprehensive testing and diagnosis is clearly warranted.

I've had hearing aids in both ears since 1980, and while it's a major pain in the ass, especially with telephones, I do function. Of course I miss some of the "sweet nothings", but having a volume control does have advantages.

07-03-2008, 09:39 AM	#1
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	We always use CC for the hearing impaired or subtitles in English at my house. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

07-03-2008, 10:41 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	70 is severe, but was it at 1 test point? 2? 3? I'm guessing the test you had was just the basic, run them all through to check for problems, kind of screening. It might indicate an ongoing problem, or may be an anomaly, but more comprehensive testing and diagnosis is clearly warranted. I've had hearing aids in both ears since 1980, and while it's a major pain in the ass, especially with telephones, I do function. Of course I miss some of the "sweet nothings", but having a volume control does have advantages. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-03-2008, 10:19 AM	#2
Tink Why oh why? Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Seattle Posts: 186	My oldest son is deaf so I've dealt with hearing loss, tests, hearing aids, research, etc for 21+ years. In a standard hearing test (un-aided/no hearing aid), a reading of 70 is a severe hearing loss. The reading basically is your threshold, a threshold being the smallest of detectable sound. For people with "normal" hearing, the threshold is 35db, basically conversational speech. A hearing aid would be a huge benefit to you with this type of loss. Did your Dr. say whether it was a conductive loss or a sensory-neural loss? One being inner ear and the other being nerve.

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