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[brewerboy]

Time to go see the Hearing Doctor guy.

The Army wasnt the biggest fan of my hearing abilities.

At an old job I worked, where I was around loud machines all shift, the noise didnt bother me as much as my co-workers to the point that I didnt feel the need for ear-plugs.

The tip of the iceberg was today when I was watching "Wyatt Earp". I found myself continuously turning up the volume, even for the parts with shoot-outs.

I'm one of those stubborn fuckers who doesnt go to the hospital unless I'm dying, so my family knew it was bad when I told em I was going.

Shit!

 

[We Are They]

"...during the shootouts..." lol, oops, I mean sorry!
Watch out also for one of the worst inventions for the ears, iPods. Having children constantly sticking those earbuds in their ears is going to make a whole generation of kids who can't hear properly. I don't let my kids have those.

 

[Tinktink]

Time to go see the Hearing Doctor guy.

The Army wasnt the biggest fan of my hearing abilities.

At an old job I worked, where I was around loud machines all shift, the noise didnt bother me as much as my co-workers to the point that I didnt feel the need for ear-plugs.

The tip of the iceberg was today when I was watching "Wyatt Earp". I found myself continuously turning up the volume, even for the parts with shoot-outs.

I'm one of those stubborn fuckers who doesnt go to the hospital unless I'm dying, so my family knew it was bad when I told em I was going.

Shit!

My mother was like you with her hearing. She refused (more so for vanity reasons) to get a hearing aid. If you pulled up to her house you could here Dr. Phil blaring outside, and she watches it in her bedroom which is in the back of the house. Finally, we convinced her to do it. She loves it. She says all those years I missed out on hearing clearly. It will be a good thing for you. Not to mention now when someone says, how are ya, maybe you won't respond with 46. (My mom use to do that, because she couldn't hear clear enough to realize they weren't asking her age, half the city knows her age now). haha.

 

[strollingbones]

my guess: you have burst your ear drums..maybe thru loud noise or infections as a child....you do not hear certian ranges of sound...that causes you to turn up the volume..well so does not hearing...good news not shit that can be done about it...aid wont help...but maybe i am wrong....

are your biggest troubles in pubic with a lot of background noise?

 

[strollingbones]

o btw a lot of people dont wear hearing aids because they do not help...if you have range problems...aids just turn up the background noise..

 

[We Are They]

My grandfather thought he was partially deaf and after about 30 years he went to the doctor and they cleaned his ears! Afterwards he could hear normally for his age. I'm not making that up.

 

[AllieBaba]

Time to go see the Hearing Doctor guy.

The Army wasnt the biggest fan of my hearing abilities.

At an old job I worked, where I was around loud machines all shift, the noise didnt bother me as much as my co-workers to the point that I didnt feel the need for ear-plugs.

The tip of the iceberg was today when I was watching "Wyatt Earp". I found myself continuously turning up the volume, even for the parts with shoot-outs.

I'm one of those stubborn fuckers who doesnt go to the hospital unless I'm dying, so my family knew it was bad when I told em I was going.

Shit!

Was your hearing damaged during your time in the army? Because if it was, they will pay for hearing aids, tests, etc...but you have to prove that your hearing was ok when you went it, that you were around things that went "boom!" and it was it didn't start going until after that....

 

[brewerboy]

Time to go see the Hearing Doctor guy.

The Army wasnt the biggest fan of my hearing abilities.

At an old job I worked, where I was around loud machines all shift, the noise didnt bother me as much as my co-workers to the point that I didnt feel the need for ear-plugs.

The tip of the iceberg was today when I was watching "Wyatt Earp". I found myself continuously turning up the volume, even for the parts with shoot-outs.

I'm one of those stubborn fuckers who doesnt go to the hospital unless I'm dying, so my family knew it was bad when I told em I was going.

Shit!

Was your hearing damaged during your time in the army? Because if it was, they will pay for hearing aids, tests, etc...but you have to prove that your hearing was ok when you went it, that you were around things that went "boom!" and it was it didn't start going until after that....

I never made it in the Army.

Things were sidetracked and at about that time my fathers health started going rapidly downhill, so I decided it would be best if I stuck around. His arthritis also seemed to cause him more pain, to the point where he couldnt open a peanut butter jar or vacuum the carpet.

If I wasnt a father now, I'd still consider it.

 

[brewerboy]

my guess: you have burst your ear drums..maybe thru loud noise or infections as a child....you do not hear certian ranges of sound...that causes you to turn up the volume..well so does not hearing...good news not shit that can be done about it...aid wont help...but maybe i am wrong....

are your biggest troubles in pubic with a lot of background noise?

I did have ear infections as a small child, I had to have drainage tubes in my ears for awhile.

Background noise is a problem for me...but then again, if you're more than 15 feet away from me and I'm not looking at you, you may as well count on repeating what you've just said.

 

[JBeukema]

I assume this was before noise-canceling headphones were available at Walgreens?

 

[JW Frogen]

You should have joined the Marines.

They do not listen, or think, they just dooooo raaaaaaa!

 

[JBeukema]

Marines are bait to lure gunfire so the Navy and the Airforce know where to drop the damn bombs.... When that fails, they either turn to the Army or give up and train terrorists to do the work instead

 

[JW Frogen]

Having been in the Navy, I concur.

 

[editec]

Sending in the Marines is just the Navy's way of saying: We REALLY don't like you.

 

[JW Frogen]

I once went to a Marine book club.

No books were discussed, indeed no human language used, but boy did we get pissed.

 

[Annie]

Time to go see the Hearing Doctor guy.

The Army wasnt the biggest fan of my hearing abilities.

At an old job I worked, where I was around loud machines all shift, the noise didnt bother me as much as my co-workers to the point that I didnt feel the need for ear-plugs.

The tip of the iceberg was today when I was watching "Wyatt Earp". I found myself continuously turning up the volume, even for the parts with shoot-outs.

I'm one of those stubborn fuckers who doesnt go to the hospital unless I'm dying, so my family knew it was bad when I told em I was going.

Shit!

Was your hearing damaged during your time in the army? Because if it was, they will pay for hearing aids, tests, etc...but you have to prove that your hearing was ok when you went it, that you were around things that went "boom!" and it was it didn't start going until after that....

Only if somehow WWII vets were treated differently than others. About 10 years ago my dad, then in his mid 70's realized his hearing was going. Have been buying hearing aids for my mom & myself for over 35 years, knew how expensive they were. So for the first time he decided that he'd go to VA for them. Now, they wouldn't address the hearing without a full physical, (he was prepared for that, bringing all his med files with him.) Still they gave him the 'full works', pointed out that he had heart problems-I guess the pacemaker was a tip off? When all was said and done, he got them-no cost.

 

[Annie]

my guess: you have burst your ear drums..maybe thru loud noise or infections as a child....you do not hear certian ranges of sound...that causes you to turn up the volume..well so does not hearing...good news not shit that can be done about it...aid wont help...but maybe i am wrong....

are your biggest troubles in pubic with a lot of background noise?

I did have ear infections as a small child, I had to have drainage tubes in my ears for awhile.

Background noise is a problem for me...but then again, if you're more than 15 feet away from me and I'm not looking at you, you may as well count on repeating what you've just said.

I've worn hearing aids forever seems like. Obviously I have severe loss over 65% bilateral. The cause is hereditary nerve damage, nothing can be done surgically, yet, but hearing aids do help. Mine are fully digitized and set by hearing specialist. They are programmed to filter out background noise-much better than my old ones. They also have directional adjustments, so that if I'm at a concert or out for dinner, I can adjust to block out additional extraneous noise or talk.

Is the effect 'normal'? No, though I've never heard 'normal.' But I can carry on conversations and hear in a classroom well enough to teach. My 'loss' is in the 'middle range'-where voice is. I hear highs and lows pretty close to normal.

 

[JW Frogen]

What? whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

 

[We Are They]

Having been in the Navy, I concur.

Just curious, is it a myth or truth that there's a lot of bonesmuggling going on in the navy?

 

[JW Frogen]

Having been in the Navy, I concur.

Just curious, is it a myth or truth that there's a lot of bonesmuggling going on in the navy?

What happens in Davy Jones' locker stays in Davy Jones' locker.