Thanks for those snippets, Ken.
My musician son took to wearing earplugs on the insistence of his college, but
only after he had inflicted a fair amount of noise on his ears on occasions
over a couple of years. Consequently he has tinnitus which can be loud enough
to keep him awake.
With all this discussion of hearing and hearing loss, I am starting to feel
symptoms of hearing loss ... :-)
Chris
On 17 May 2010, at 04:50, Ken Norton wrote:
snip
> As a small child I had two ear infections which left substantial scar tissue
> on my eardrums. Basically, since age three, I've had a 30-40% hearing loss,
> but what is unusual is with the exception of two minor notches, has not
> affected my high-frequency hearing. About six months ago I tested myself
> again and I'm still able to hear just over 21 kHz but at much more boost
> than five years ago. Oh, one other thing unusual about my hearing is my
> much lower threshold of pain. When mixing live concerts/events I adjust
> levels so I can not only hear it myself, but I make sure I don't hurt my own
> ears. As a result, nearly everybody in the audience is happy. If I'm happy,
> they're going to be happy. But on rare occasion I've had to mix LOUD
> concerts and I end up mixing using earplugs. I don't go to any concert
> without my earplugs no matter what. One time I failed to do so and regretted
> it. I didn't know that Doc Severenson in concert was one of the loudest
> ever.
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