Hearing Problem

[TrooperFarva]

If anyone has any knowledge of hearing loss, I'd like some advice, I guess.

Overall, I have very good hearing. So far, I don't have any high frequency hearing loss. I produce demos for local bands with a friend of mine, and I have no problem with that.

But if I'm in a bar, or some other loud area, I can't hear what people are saying. Like, at all. It's like my ears compress, and all the noise melds together, even if the background noise isn't all that loud. It's been this way for years, as long as I can remember, basically. It hasn't gotten worse. But it seems to be specific to hearing people. I've never had a problem hearing music, in a band situation.

So what's the deal?

[iamlowsound]

Loss of midrange hearing. Boost your mids and cut the lows and you should be able to cut through.

lowsound

[Lalabadie]

Subscribed. I'm curious about this. I have a really hard time hearing people over some normal noise.

[iamlowsound]

Originally Posted by Lalabadie

Subscribed. I'm curious about this. I have a really hard time hearing people over some normal noise.

Seriously, it is a loss of midrange hearing. Could be from a number of things, but that is what it is.

lowsound

[Fassa Albrecht]

I can't hear bass sound so listening to male voices,especially in busy places, is torture.

[MakiSupaStar]

Originally Posted by Fassa Albrecht

I can't hear bass sound so listening to male voices,especially in busy places, is torture.

That would be pure heaven if you could do that for chicks. I've taken years to turn a chick's voice into white noise. It would so much better if my ears did it naturally.

[Lalabadie]

Originally Posted by iamlowsound

Seriously, it is a loss of midrange hearing. Could be from a number of things, but that is what it is.

lowsound

I take note.

[unbasslichkeit]

Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar

That would be pure heaven if you could do that for chicks. I've taken years to turn a chick's voice into white noise. It would so much better if my ears did it naturally.

Yeah..there oughta be a {Man} law....
How long have you been married, again?

[MakiSupaStar]

Originally Posted by unbasslichkeit

Yeah..there oughta be a {Man} law....
How long have you been married, again?

Been married almost seven years, but we've been together for nine. What would that man law look like? No man is allowed to go deaf in a manner that tunes out bass. He is only allowed to go deaf in manner that tunes out a chick's blah blah voice.

[disenchant]

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah beer blah blah blah blah blah football blah blah blah blah bass blah blah blah

[unbasslichkeit]

Originally Posted by disenchant

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah beer blah blah blah blah blah football blah blah blah blah bass blah blah blah

Music to my ears...

[ahkiatt]

Originally Posted by disenchant

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah beer blah blah blah blah blah football blah blah blah blah bass blah blah blah

HAHA!

[Petebass]

I believe every musician has to deal with this problem. Being musically minded, your brain wants to automatically focus on the groove of the music in the background than on the comparatively boring speech. You could be talking about the most interesting topic in the world, but to your well developed music receptors, they're silly mere words.

[MakiSupaStar]

Originally Posted by disenchant

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah beer blah blah blah blah blah football blah blah blah blah bass blah blah blah

I've never seen Einstein's theory of relativity explained like that. Very compelling argument. Amazingly well thought out.

[i_got_a_mohawk]

Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar

Been married almost seven years, but we've been together for nine. What would that man law look like? No man is allowed to go deaf in a manner that tunes out bass. He is only allowed to go deaf in manner that tunes out a chick's blah blah voice.

"Man shalt not attain deafness in the holiest of the bass frequencies less he be shunned by his fellow man.
Achievement of deafness in the shambolic upper range shall prompt much praise from fellow men for the ability to disregard the voiceo of one's women (and guitarist)"


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[Deluge Of Sound]

Serious points for the use of "shambolic." But you lose those points for "shall prompt much hail," which makes no sense at all... unless you want the reward to be a downpour of small ice balls.

[i_got_a_mohawk]

You can use hail in that sense, it's ok

"acclaim: praise vociferously"

You know, Hail to the king bayyybeee

I'll alter it tho, is it better now?

[Travisx2112]

I think I have a high frequncy loss in my right ear after a gig thing on Friday. I was hanging out, watching another bass player play, then my ears started to hurt, so I got some plugs from another singer in a different band (after about 5 mins of them hurting... ) and my right ear

1. likes to pop a lot
2. sounds like somethings missing there, I cant describe it.
3. Hurts.

So I went to a medicenter and they flushed a load of wax out of my ears, and told me that within 48 hours if it doesnt come back, to go see an audiologist. Should I be worried? Will it come back? My family all says it'll come back eventually, but I dont know...

[WickedPissah]

Originally Posted by Fassa Albrecht

I can't hear bass sound so listening to male voices,especially in busy places, is torture.

people have told me that they can't hear my normal voice sometimes for that reason.

[The Crusader]

I too have much difficulty hearing with background noise.

for those of you who feel that maybe you've lost some hearing, you should first see an ENT and see if you just need a good cleaning of the ear canals. if you feel that it persists you should see an audiologist and have you're hearing checked. I did and, low and behold, thanks to all those years in the band I can't hear as well as I should. pretty much my midranges aren't what they should be.

anyway, wear earplugs!