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writes:Ok i have a problem and im getting abit worried. I ADORE music! I live with it! I love going to gigs n when im at home ive normally got it on full blast out my headphones or on my cd player(that doesnt go up as high) The thing is i know the risks but i swear im going deaf! Im fine when people are directly talking to me and the funny thing is if im in a quietish space i can even over here other peoples converations or if they are whispering. As everyone says nothing gets past me lol!But its affecting me the msot while im at work. Its when im consentrating on something and ten someone suddenly starts talking to me or they if they shout somthing across to me i only catch half of it! Even worse if they start tlking to me while they're walking or just from a short distance. I know they've said something but i cant make out what it is! Not sure if its the loud music thats done this! I also do have a problem taking stuff in which ive always had, nothing i can do about it but the hearing thing dont make it any better.So im wodnering anything i can do to prevent this. My doctor said theres nothing wrong with my ears but i wouldnt be having these problems surely. Would just like having a break from the headphones once in a while help or anything? Im getting quite scared of this now!
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reader, anonymous, writes (25 July 2009): Go to an audiologist to check your hearing. You're able to hear some frequencies and not others and that may be why you catch half of what is being said.You may also have wax build up and need a cleaning but if the GP said they are fine probably not the case here.If you've gotten tinnitus you may have some hearing loss.Now start lowering the volume on those in-ear headphones.Deafness sucks. You have to wear hearing aids. They don't work perfectly. They break down. They need batteries. They whistle. They don't provide the same experience when your hearing was optimum. THEY CARE.
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reader, anonymous, writes (24 July 2009): If the doc said you're fine, it's likely you're fine. music will eventually get to you though if you have it up that loud. So why do it? It's still the same music and you can still hear it if you turn it down some, correct? If you don't want to be screaming "what" in everyone's face when you sixty then yes, you should def keep it to a lower volume. You know when you hear that annoying really high pitched sound in your ear sometimes that lasts for a few seconds and then goes away? Well, everyone has that. As we get older, we lose the ability to hear certain pitches and once you hear that in your ear, that's the last time you will ever hear it. For most of us, it doesn't happen that often, but how often do you hear it? Because if you hear it a lot, even once a week, then you're probably losing your hearing more quickly then you have to. ~Sy.
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