primitives have trouble hearing

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=381x335

Oh my.  This from my fellow alum's special ghetto for the deaf and hard-of-hearing primitives, where he wants to keep them sequestered out of sight.

alfredo  (1000+ posts)       Sun Feb-03-08 11:08 PM
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Having hard time hearing over ambient noise. I have tinnitus in both ears.

I was a radio operator, morse intercept in the service. I've had the ringing since then (late 60's). It's a pulsing chirp/ring. It just seems to be getting louder, and voices more muffled.

I will be seeing the VA doctor this month, I will see if I can get a hearing test.

It's driving my wife crazy.

Okay. 

Remember, I'm deaf.  There's a lot of things I don't know.

In fact, more things I don't know, than I do know.

What is "ambient noise"?

Superfluous noise, perhaps, or irrelevant or obstrusive background noise?

DavidD  (1000+ posts)       Mon Feb-04-08 12:10 PM
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1. My hearing aids have cut down on that problem significantly

I'm not aware of those noises when I have the hearing aids in.

I don't know if that's standard or if I was just lucky, but there it is.

alfredo  (1000+ posts)       Mon Feb-04-08 12:33 PM
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2. I've had this ringing for decades, it's getting worse.

DavidD  (1000+ posts)       Mon Feb-04-08 02:45 PM
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3. So did I

And it's still there, just not noticable with the hearing aids in.

Of course, I don't know if mine is as bad as yours. Hearing aids might be worth a try, though.

alfredo  (1000+ posts)       Mon Feb-04-08 06:00 PM
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4. I had the rifle range and three plus years of copying morse code. 

It's amazing I can still hear. I tried to get the Army to check my ears but they told me I would have to extend my enlistment. After 3 years on a mountain top It was time to go home.

Lowell  (1000+ posts)       Tue Feb-05-08 04:57 PM
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5. I lost my hearing in the army

Like you I worked around weapon fire for years. As well as high speed compressors used in radars. I had tinnitus for years, then it went away. The reason it disappeared is because I was deaf by then.

Surprisingly the VA is pretty good about hearing aids these days. I bought my own through a lame insurance program for years. Then I got fed up with shelling out $3,500 every few years for BTEs. I went to the VA, filed my claim, and a few months later got fitted with new BTEs and it cost me very little.

Good luck.

[Lauri]

'ambient' is just another word for 'background' ...


i have some of that even with one hearing aid .. but its easy enough to change if i take the hearing aid in and it get it fine tuned.

although, sometimes at my daughter's elementary school i can hear people and noise in the hallways with the door shut better than i can hear whats going on in the classroom where i am sitting. its very, very distracting and i think it has to do with the way i hear now; some of the tiny hairs dont pick up sound anymore, so the ones that still do.. pick up as much as they can to offset..

or something like that..

[Lord Undies]

If the ever-present ringing in my ears suddenly stops I will probably fall over.