So, i'm deaf apparently.

[Gorgon]

I went to the ear doctor today because I had a blockage in my right ear, which was taken care of in a minuite. So then he decides to give me a test to see if everything was ok, and it turns out I have moderate hearing loss. :S

 

Not in the spectrum of speech but in the high frequencies, which is why I never noticed it. Apparently all it takes is one concert played too loud and standing in the wrong place. Remember your earplugs kids.

 

http://www.freehearingtest.com/core.shtml

 

You can test yourself here. I can't hear a damn thing in the final 8 hrz category.

 

Almost wish I didn't find out because now i'm all depressed about growing old and the various inevitable system's failures.

[Gfted1]

Heh, welcome to the club. Years of standing next to jet engines and APU (auxillory power units) have damaged my hearing in the high frequency ranges. That and I also go completely deaf whenever my lady starts bitching.

[Guest Accept]

That and I also go completely deaf whenever my lady starts bitching.

 

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Can't say i'm having any problems with my hearing - for now.

 

But my eyesight... after the last test, at the local hospital, it became clear that i'm a bit colourblind. So i couldnt be a Pilot, captain on a ship or Officer in the Army, they said. And, well... yes, it stung a little bit, don't know why since i've never really wanted to be a pilot... but... yeah. :/

[Slowtrain]

I can hear everything in that test which is weird because I listen to more loud music than God.

[Sand]

Does God listen to loud music?

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Does God listen to loud music?

"God Gave Rock 'N Roll..."

 

[Sand]

So they say, but how do we know for certain.

[@\NightandtheShape/@]

I can hear everything in that test which is weird because I listen to more loud music than God.

 

Funnily enough I can hear them all aswell, and I am known for my love of extremely loud music, and noise. I also used to work in a nightclub where I would test the PA at 130+db (well over the advised safety levels).

[Gorgon]

Remember you have to turn it down so you can just barely hear the test tone first.

[Walsingham]

I get tinnitus in my ears from listening to my headphones too loud when younger. For a while I tried pointing this out to people on the train and bus etc, but soon got fed up. People just won't listen. It's sad because I used to have a very good ear for music.

[samm]

I was almost deaf on one ear after a concert, where I was next to a speaker for a while. A whole day of tinnitus followed, then the noise began to fade slowly and my ability to hear returned in the same pace. I was seriously afraid to have lost my hearing, because I was told that there's some kind of little inear-hairs that can't be regenerated once damaged. Well, it's okay again now, but I won't attend any concert without earplugs anymore.

[Gorgon]

It should not be too difficult to create software that will not allow say, an MP3 player, to output levels that will result in damage to your ears.

 

That could solve the problems of leves of mp3 files as well. I hate the way some of mine are just barely audible, and when the next track comes on its so loud I have to rip off my headphones.

[samm]

There is that thing called 'normalizing'

[Gorgon]

I never had that on any of my mp3 players. It's an option when I rip mp3s but I have no notion what settings are appropriate.

[Deraldin]

Remember you have to turn it down so you can just barely hear the test tone first.

 

I did that. They seemed to get progressively louder.

[Kaftan Barlast]

I can hear very well to the point of silliness sometimes. But its strange with those very faint noises, its like you dont know if youve actually heard it or just made it up in your head.

[metadigital]

JBS Haldane (who, in the latter half of the nineteenth century, helped marry Darwin's "survival of the fittest" and Mendel dominant and recessive trait observations but was primarily obsessed with submarines, and acquired a decompression chamber "pressure pot") noted in one of his essays, "the drum generally heals up; and if a hole remains in it, although one is somewhat deaf, one can blow tobacco smoke out of the ear in question, which is a social accomplishment."

[Gorgon]

Its funny, after I woke up after falling asleep and the page with the test was still open, I could actually hear the last tone, very faint, but definately there.

[LadyCrimson]

I can't make the volume on XP alone go low enough, using headphones, to "barely" be able to hear the initial sound. I put Windows vol. as low as it can go before it shuts off completely, and it was still loud & piercing. Had to use another program to reduce by another 18 'dB' to make it almost silent. Then w/the test, I can hear every tone - the first one is the quietest to me, the last one loud and hurts my ears even w/the initial low volume.

 

They should have a couple more low tones on that 'test'. If I have any hearing loss at this point, it's in the lower registers...the high tones have always driven me nuts.

[thepixiesrock]

I'm pretty sure that despite what volume it's at it houldn't make a difference as long as sound is comming out of the speaker.

[Gorgon]

Volume matters, you are unlikely to be completely deaf to a frequency but could well be hearing impared in that specific range. You can only tell if the volume is suitably low to reveal it.

Edited March 9, 2007 by Gorgon

[Walsingham]

Incidentally I assume everyone here has seen It's All Gone Pete Tong? Great film about a DJ who goes deaf and associated comedy.

[Diamond]

http://www.freehearingtest.com/core.shtml

This test is kind of silly. UNSW has a better and much more detailed test.

Edited March 9, 2007 by Diamond

[Musopticon?]

Woah, that was a great test. I'm curious why that is not a clinical standard, since it was, and I've done a few, very professional.

Edited March 10, 2007 by Musopticon?