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Pete K.
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As we age we have hearing loss. How could you compensate for this?
Pete
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RAMI
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Turn shit up?
c7sus
Disenfranchised Member
Say what?
ido1957
9K Gold Member
Buy a hearing aid and a walker.
c7sus
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bLUiVORY
= Mojo Worker =
Eh?
miroslav
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Simman
Well-known member
Don't get old.... Wait; that won't work.
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dreib
Active member
Being a drummer my ears are trashed , add on top of that I had a side fill during a gig not working/cutting out , I kept asking my tech to have it turned up , finally the guy running monitors came to investigate and found that the speakers had become partially unplugged, instead of going back to turn the speakers down he just popped the cord back in........I swear to god that the feedback that followed blow dried my fucking hair , and totally ruined my hearing in my left ear.
I try to protect what hearing I have left as much as possible when playing the drums or at work but there isn't much you can do once its gone except get a hearing aid or turn stuff up louder.
I try to protect what hearing I have left as much as possible when playing the drums or at work but there isn't much you can do once its gone except get a hearing aid or turn stuff up louder.
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RAMI
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What as asshole. Him, not you.
I've also lost a lot of my hearing. Not volume so much as high end definition.
Funny thing is, I don't know if I've just become good at adapting or not, but I can swear my hearing has improved over the last couple of years. I don't ask people to repeat themselves anywhere near as much as I used to. I wonder if hearing can improve at some point.
dobro
Well-known member
I bet it's just that you've learned how to pay attention.
Ever done one of those tests online where you listen to a sine wave whose frequency is steadily increasing and you can check at which point your hearing disappears? Very cool, very effective, very scary.
Ever done one of those tests online where you listen to a sine wave whose frequency is steadily increasing and you can check at which point your hearing disappears? Very cool, very effective, very scary.
bLUiVORY
= Mojo Worker =
I don't either. But in my case, it's because at my age, I've learned I pretty much never
give a f&*^ what they're talking about.
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dreib
Active member
The dude didn't do it on purpose and at that point was in complete panic mode since nothing was working, but damn yea, it really sucked ! I had to stop playing .
Im not sure if hearing can come back once its damaged but there is no doubt that resting your fatigued ears helps for sure.
Protect your hearing kiddos!
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Xdrummer
New member
There is no way to compensate for hearing loss - in particular if applied to the audio trades.
Hearing aids amplify, but it ultimately creates an altered tone that you can't really trust (and the aids will feed back under phones. I wear a pair of aids that cost $6,000 for the pair with digital audio, blue tooth capabilities and they even trim my ear hairs - but they still are not good for critical listening.
I've lost a lot of hearing - in part due to 40 plus years of playing and recording rock & roll - and in part due to a progressive medical condition which impacts my inner ear.
Once the hearing is gone, it is gone!!! While some loss, due to ageing can't be avoided - do everything you can to protect your hearing while you are young. We did not know about the damage caused by loud music back when I started in the mid 60's - I which I would have know to protect my hearing.
When mixing/producing I depend a lot on reference CDs (CDs of artists in similar genres, produced by well know people, etc.) - I I try to get my mixes to sound similar related to the highs and low end, etc. I can't depend completely on my ears - but I can trust my ears to compare a mix to a given CD.
Hearing aids amplify, but it ultimately creates an altered tone that you can't really trust (and the aids will feed back under phones. I wear a pair of aids that cost $6,000 for the pair with digital audio, blue tooth capabilities and they even trim my ear hairs - but they still are not good for critical listening.
I've lost a lot of hearing - in part due to 40 plus years of playing and recording rock & roll - and in part due to a progressive medical condition which impacts my inner ear.
Once the hearing is gone, it is gone!!! While some loss, due to ageing can't be avoided - do everything you can to protect your hearing while you are young. We did not know about the damage caused by loud music back when I started in the mid 60's - I which I would have know to protect my hearing.
When mixing/producing I depend a lot on reference CDs (CDs of artists in similar genres, produced by well know people, etc.) - I I try to get my mixes to sound similar related to the highs and low end, etc. I can't depend completely on my ears - but I can trust my ears to compare a mix to a given CD.