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Topic: hearing test: update |
Dayna Wills
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Sacramento, CA (deceased)
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Posted 21 Aug 2008 9:07 pm |
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Someone on the Forum sent me a link to hyper-acusis which is when someone is ultra-sensitive to sound. Sudden loud noises and certain pitches drive me nuts or cause great pain in my ears.
I took the stahdard hearing test,and then I was given the test for hyper-acusis. The tester gives you pitches at varying tones and loudnesses to see what is 1. annoying, 2. makes your ear tickle, and 3. hurts. We never got to 3.
The only thing to be done for it is to wear earplugs.
(I never leave home without them)
There are earplugs, $300.00 to $400.00 a pair, that will depress a loud sound by distorting it, but it distorts other loud sounds as well, like listening to a band. Musician's earplugs don't work for singers because when the jaw moves, so do the plugs and that distorts the sound, too.
The doc said the good news is that I have industrial hearing. I told him that was the bad news. It's the bad news because my hubby told me there was nothing wrong with my hearing, I just don't listen. Now, a doctor has confirmed it! |
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Edward Meisse
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Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 21 Aug 2008 9:22 pm
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| a doctor has confirmed it. |
Maybe you should get a second opinion. 
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Amor vincit omnia |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 22 Aug 2008 5:00 am
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You can get ear plugs for fit to your ears,
same as for inear monitors, you just don't
add the little speakers.
These sure do work for singers.
Just SOME singers who use them can't be helped period.
We usually hear THEM on TV...
Besides those molded inserts you could,
if push comes to shove, get some noise canceling ones tuned to JUST the bands you need.
Just some thoughts.
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DLD, Chili farmer. Plus bananas and papaya too.
Real happiness has no strings attached.
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Dayna Wills
From:
Sacramento, CA (deceased)
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Posted 5 Sep 2008 10:45 pm hearing
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Well, Edward, that WAS the second opinion.
DW |
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Leslie Ehrlich
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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Posted 5 Sep 2008 11:08 pm
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| I dunno... I remember a couple occasions where the band was so loud and the PA was so quiet that I had to plug my ears just to hear myself sing. |
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Steve Alcott
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New York, New York, USA
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Posted 6 Sep 2008 10:46 am
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| I've used the ER 15s from Etymotic Research for 20+ years and don't hear any distortion, just everything softer. When the band is really loud and the drummer is really bashing, they actually filter out the resulting pure noise and leave the band alone. All the singers I work with use them as well. Here's a link: http://www.etymotic.com/ Good luck on a tough problem. |
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Bill Hatcher
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Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 6 Sep 2008 1:29 pm
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| Steve. How much are the ER15s?? |
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Charlie McDonald
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Posted 6 Sep 2008 1:48 pm Re: hearing test: update
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| It's the bad news because my hubby told me there was nothing wrong with my hearing, I just don't listen. |
Maybe it's the bad news to hubby because you can hear everything he says. 
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Steve Alcott
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New York, New York, USA
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Posted 6 Sep 2008 1:57 pm
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| Bill, I think I paid about $150 for my second set a couple of years ago. Look in your local Yellow Pages for Audiologist or Hearing Aids. Here's the page from the ER website: http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/erme.aspx |
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Rick Campbell
From:
Sneedville, TN, USA
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Posted 6 Sep 2008 9:21 pm
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You can get a distortion pedal at Guitar Center for about $50. That would be cheaper than the $300-$400 for the ear plugs that distort the sound.
I know, I'm being a smart a$$.
I've probably lost some of my high frequency hearing from years of loud music and years of flying airplanes without wearing a headset.
Seriously, I wish you all the best! They'll get it fixed. |
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Steve Alcott
From:
New York, New York, USA
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Posted 7 Sep 2008 4:48 am
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| The ER molded plugs do not distort the sound; that's the whole purpose of the design. They have saved my hearing. |
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Dayna Wills
From:
Sacramento, CA (deceased)
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Posted 8 Sep 2008 9:31 pm hearing
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It's a fact of life that as we age, men lose the high end of their hearing and women lose the low end. I guess that's how some couples have remained married for 60+ years...
Thanks for the input. These days is isn't so much the bands, it's the sudden loud noises around me. Some noises just bug me. I was in a restaurant and a little kid was banging his fork on his plate and I was gritting my teeth. And when waiters bus tables and slam the dishes around, stuff like that is extremely LOUD and GRATING to my ears. Scraping chairs when leaving the table. Just sounds that nobody else even notices... I was singing at an assisted living facility and I kept hearing a high pitched whine. I finally asked if the assistant could hear it and everybody got quiet, and then she heard it. It was coming from a vaccuum cleaner in a bedroom several doors down the hall. I thought maybe it was one of those monitors they put on wheelchairs to regulate people's oxygen and someone was in distress. |
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