Hearing test results!

[rufus.K]

I'm curious, to the tinnitus sufferers:
Mine "beats" or pulses in volume and pitch. There is some corolation to my heart rate and the specific thing my tinnitus is doing. Is this the case for everyone?

If I have too much sodium, my blood pressure gets so high that I can hear my heart beating. Maybe it's something similar.

But does it affect your tinnitus?

I don't think I suffer from tinnitus.

Then i guess you answered a question that i wasn't asking you.

 

[Michael B]

I don't think I suffer from tinnitus.

You would know. It's omnipresent.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

Then i guess you answered a question that i wasn't asking you.

That's my thing.

You would know. It's omnipresent.

I've had ringing ears before, after a show or a job involving something loud, but thankfully it went away.

 

[Pacman]

Don't you believe that. My military health care expired this past year when I turned 65. I'm on medicare now.

expired? Did you retire?

 

[sissy kathy]

expired? Did you retire?

Yes, in '93.

 

[static0verdrive]

This was 4 years ago. Let's just assume that my hearing has not improved in that time.

Perhaps I should start a topic: is it unethical to ask for hearing aid money on the internet! You have to laugh right?

Curious if tinnitus is bad for some of you as well? My worse ear it is quite loud. It never stops in either ear. Surprised I haven't gone insane from it.


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Mine is terrible in my left ear, constant ringing. My right ear doesn't hear very well at all anymore (much more damage overall than my left) but doesn't ring much either.

 

[Pacman]

Yes, in '93.

How did it expire? You should be on TriCare for life, yes?

 

[sissy kathy]

How did it expire? You should be on TriCare for life, yes?

If I had joined Tricare to begin with, then yes I'd still be on it. I opted not to take Tricare. Now I'm no longer eligible for it, as I must have joined prior to the ACA. I don't know how that will affect future retires.

 

[lowsideonacurve]

I actually threw the towel in and ordered myself hearing aids last week. They're pretty discreet, and I was told they weren't a necessity (I know, as I can hear), but it's become a quality of life thing. I can't watch TV without subtitles, can't mix music, can't hear students at work and have to ask them to speak louder about 50 times a day. It's been getting me down for a while. I don't even want to say how much those freaking things cost... Think 3 high end basses :/. Fortunately my wife is doing well in her business, and she really wants to do this for me. It will come out of our insurance deductible for the year, though I'm of course hoping not to need that. Realizing as I write this that I have some crazy mixed feelings about this whole thing. My pride is getting kicked around a bit, in several different areas. I really want to be able to clearly hear music again though, and be able to mix. My wife also said she gets really sad when we're out somewhere and she says, "Wow! Listen to those birds." And I respond with, "What birds?"

Wear earplugs, anyone who isn't. My refusal to do so is what got me here.

I'm surprised anyone would tell you they weren't a necessity, with all the things you list having trouble hearing.
I've had aides since '93, you will find that any reproduced sound isn't quite like you remember it and will take some getting used to, but once you get used to them, you won't want to be without them.

 

[Joe Nerve]

I'm surprised anyone would tell you they weren't a necessity, with all the things you list having trouble hearing.
I've had aides since '93, you will find that any reproduced sound isn't quite like you remember it and will take some getting used to, but once you get used to them, you won't want to be without them.

I was surprised too. I think what it came down to is that on the day I was tested, I hadn't been in a band situation in about a week. My tinnitus was at a minimum. I can hear a lot more when that's the case, and also when there is no background noise happening. Quite sure I scored a lot higher on my hearing test than if I'd come in the day after a gig or rehearsal.

What surprised me was the audiologists sympathy regarding the price. I am incredibly sensitive to marketing, sales techniques, sales pitches, etc. This guy was NOT trying to sell me. Either that, or he truly was the greatest sales person I ever met in my life . I think he thought there wasn't a chance in hell I was going to go for it once he told me how much. And any cheaper models wouldn't have helped me with what I wanted most, the music related stuff.

 

[McG]

I'm curious, to the tinnitus sufferers:
Mine "beats" or pulses in volume and pitch. There is some corolation to my heart rate and the specific thing my tinnitus is doing. Is this the case for everyone?

Mine is high-pitched, multi-tonal and constant. Just like the tones in a hearing test. It's always louder than any other ambient noise. Can't hear crickets or chirping birds. I know it's affected my ability to hear pitch. I.E. if someone plays a G I can't say "that's a G" as I used to be able to do. I can match notes when tuning but my "ear" is gone.

It ALL comes from playing in extremely loud bands when I was in my 20s in the 70s. Pre-earplug days.

 

[Aberdumbie]

I'm curious, to the tinnitus sufferers:
Mine "beats" or pulses in volume and pitch. There is some corolation to my heart rate and the specific thing my tinnitus is doing. Is this the case for everyone?

Two years ago I took my grandson to shoot and like a dummy realized I had one set of hearing protection that I put on him. For three months I had the ear ringing and it absolutely pulsated with my heartbeat. Was lucky and it went away.... Oddly enough my wife has terrible hearing loss from sitting up front in my playing days... I think she stayed close to keep an eye on me.

 

[Downunderwonder]

If a dB is a dB I think it means you have some big EQ holes which go some way to explaining your insensitivity to raging distortion recordings.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

My ears suck, but my judgement about posting crappy recordings is worse.

I blame Guinness:

I also blame Guinness for the cabinet being upside down.