Thread: Hearing loss

My gramps used to not hear the phone ringing full blast in the next room, but could hear the low rumble of a car approaching on the main road before anyone else (we were on a farm with bugger all traffic).

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Originally Posted by Aussie Tigger

Not unusual mate,for some reason I cant hear my turning car indicator.

As you now spend the majority of your life in Thailand thats not gonna be such a big deal

Originally Posted by palexxxx

I have a terrific collection of vinyl records and unfortunately they don't sound the same as they used to when I was a young man. It's not a change of taste, it's just that I can't hear the high frequencies anymore. Makes me sad.

How about new CDs, how do you hear them? Maybe the old records are just not as good and have never been as good as you remember them. Besides they don't get better with time and they lose the high frequencies first, too.

Actually even if a hearing test shows loss of ability to hear high frequencies, people still recognize when those high frequencies are missing from music. That has been tested using low pass filters.

Originally Posted by 9999

My gramps used to not hear the phone ringing full blast in the next room, but could hear the low rumble of a car approaching on the main road before anyone else (we were on a farm with bugger all traffic).

I had an over 80 years old neighbour. She could barely hear me when I shouted at her. But she complained about the noise from children she could see in the distance through her closed windows.

Disgusting old nut.

Warm olive oil dropped into the ears every few days might help, if not, it wont hurt.

Originally Posted by dirtydog

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No, DD, I won't be contacting him, thought he might have been a spammer when I saw he only had the one post, then there's also his username.

Originally Posted by 9999

My gramps used to not hear the phone ringing full blast in the next room, but could hear the low rumble of a car approaching on the main road before anyone else (we were on a farm with bugger all traffic).

I've got a similar problem.

I can hear the cops coming up the dirt road a mile and a half down the valley away at least.
Can't hear a word yer saying in the pub, though.

I just nod my head and smile a lot.

Originally Posted by palexxxx

I think I probably already know the answer to this query, but thought I'd ask to see if there were any experts who can tell me -

Can hearing loss due to ageing be reversed in any way?

I have a terrific collection of vinyl records and unfortunately they don't sound the same as they used to when I was a young man. It's not a change of taste, it's just that I can't hear the high frequencies anymore. Makes me sad.

At the risk of pointing out the obvious - go get it checked out by a professional.

Hearing loss can be due to a number of cuases, some treatable, some not. Doing nothing will ensure that it simply gets worse over time, while getting checked has the possibility of slowing, or even reversing the change.

Here is a start for you:

Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) Center - Centers and Clinics - Bangkok Hospital Bangkok

^ thanks nidhogg for the link, green sent

^ and recieved. Appreciated, but glad to help.

I wear hearing aids. Some hearing loss is reversible, but hearing loss due to aging is generally not. It is due to the scilia (little hairs in your ear that pick up sound) becoming brittle and broken. Exposure to extremely loud noise can also permanently damage the scilia.

An audiolgists can do a quick test to determine if your hearing loss is permanent.

Older people tend to first exhibit a hearing loss at the higher frequencies. That is why you can hear low frequency background noise much better that the hot, girl trying to whisper in your ear!

Staying away from loud noise as much as you to help preserve what hearing you have left.

Hearing aids can make a big difference, but they are expensive and tend to amplify everything, not just the sounds you want to hear.

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Originally Posted by nigelandjan

A mate of mine bless him as deaf as a post , but is too vain to wear a hearing aid , I gave him a lift in my car one day and I really couldnt be arsed with having to repeat everything 3000 times on the journey so I wacked a Pink Floyd CD on loud enough to just make my ears begin to bleed , then he begins tappin the dashboard I look over and he has a big smile on his face I said " Aha so you like a bit of that then ? "

He replied ,,,,,,,,,,, oh aye Charlotte Church , she's my favourite

They have hearing aids that are truly almost invisible. They are called ITC (In The Canal) and the only thing that is really visible is a little clear (or skin tone) plastic grabber. Someone has to look inside your ears pretty closely to see it. They are expensive though, mine cost $5400.00 USD and that was 3 three years ago.

I couldn't live without them!

RickThai