Hearing Loss

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Pigslayer posted this 19 February 2016

Well, Over the years my hearing has been brutalized. For most of my life proper hearing protection wasn't in vogue. In the army they gave us those pathetic little orange plugs to stuff in our ears. Like it was going to do any good when around M60 tank fire, 105 recoilless rifles & 4.2” mortars. Then after military service it was noise on the construction site e.g. heavy equipment, jackhammers, air compressors & pile drivers . So with that said my right ear is pretty much gone & my left ear so-so. A buddy of mine got two hearing aides through the VA while they were running the hearing aide program but he never liked them. So  . . . he gave them to me. I can actually hear the TV with the sound turned down, I can hear the turn signals in my truck go “click - click” and I no longer have to ask others to repeat themselves!! Wow! I have been missing so much! My buddy saved me about $4,000.00. I can hear again!!   Pat 

If someone else had of done to me what I did to myself . . . I'd have killed him. Humility is an asset. Heh - heh.

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Scearcy posted this 19 February 2016

HMMMMMMM!  My wife has been nagging me to have my hearing checked.  I think she just mumbles. You better put your buddy on the Christmas Card list.

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cbshtr posted this 20 February 2016

I worked in manufacturing for almost 27 years and wore ear plugs anytime I was in the production area. As a kid a shot very few times without protection and other than hunting I have worn them every time while shooting since then. Well, now my ears ring like crazy and there is nothing that can be done about it. A silent surrounding is deafening. If I'm watching TV and someone tries to talk to me I don't hear them, almost like selective hearing if you know what I mean. I can hear normal conversation if I'm involved in it and I'm still good to carry a CDL license. But it is starting to drive my wife nuts but the last thing I want is hearing aids. I work for our Township public works department and can be around a lot of noise but I still wear protection. My whole life it seems has revolved around noise and as good as tried to protect myself I will pay the consequences for it. The odd thing is that others I worked with in the same conditions are fine. I don't get it. So, if we happen to meet some time and you talk to me and I just respond with a smile, that usually means I didn't hear you, just ask my coworkers.

Robert Homan

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onondaga posted this 20 February 2016

http://www.castbulletassoc.org/view_user.php?id=6171>Pigslayer

There is a whole digital world of digital hearing instruments out there Pat.  currently have a Belltone digital in canal aid. it also bluetooth links to my smartphone and I can control the programming and volume from my phone in adition to using it for phone talk if I wish. My right ear is deaf from a failed surgery and my left is down about 35 decibels. that is serious loss.

The Beltone is a joy to use but they are about $1K each. One of the programs filters voice so well that I can actually communicate well in a very noisy restaurant

Gary

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.22-10-45 posted this 20 February 2016

cbshtr..I feel your pain! I too have worked in industry..40 years Tool & Die maker..still at it! My dads hearing was ruined working production on punch presses..so I swore I would protect mine! I remember when i hired in the nurse commented that my hearing was like that of a dogs..very sensitive at higher ranges. Well I too wore plugs constantly..both at work and doubling up with muffs when shooting. And today I have constant ringing in right ear!

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Ed Harris posted this 20 February 2016

Shootin' doen't make'ya deaf, I can hear everything I say!

8-)

73 de KE4SKY In Home Mix We Trust From the Home of Ed's Red in "Almost Heaven" West Virginia

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tturner53 posted this 20 February 2016

Hearing aids from the VA? Where do I sign up? In the meantime, anybody tried the “Walker's Game Ear” as an economical make-do thing? When I'm out traipsing around, alone, in lion country, I wish for better hearing. Maybe I'm paranoid. I wouldn't hear a rattler warning me to back off if it was in my pocket!

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Pigslayer posted this 20 February 2016

tturner53 wrote: Hearing aids from the VA? Where do I sign up? In the meantime, anybody tried the “Walker's Game Ear” as an economical make-do thing? When I'm out traipsing around, alone, in lion country, I wish for better hearing. Maybe I'm paranoid. I wouldn't hear a rattler warning me to back off if it was in my pocket!
I was told that the hearing aide program thru the VA is no longer available. But . . . if you had been in a combat zone I'll bet that they will cover it. The hearing aides that I have are about $2,000.00 each. So lucky to get them for free. Pat  

If someone else had of done to me what I did to myself . . . I'd have killed him. Humility is an asset. Heh - heh.

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Brodie posted this 20 February 2016

If you live near a college or university check with them to see if they have a Dept. or Audiology.  I am lucky to have NAU (Northern Arizona University) near me.  My left ear is almost gone but my right is still hanging in there.  My hearing aids cost me less than half of what they cost commercially .  The University makes no profit from the sale of the devices.  I personally don't mind being used as a subject to train the future Audiologists.  Repairs are around a hundred dollars. Brodie

B.E.Brickey

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Pigslayer posted this 20 February 2016

Old Coot wrote: If you live near a college or university check with them to see if they have a Dept. or Audiology.  I am lucky to have NAU (Northern Arizona University) near me.  My left ear is almost gone but my right is still hanging in there.  My hearing aids cost me less than half of what they cost commercially .  The University makes no profit from the sale of the devices.  I personally don't mind being used as a subject to train the future Audiologists.  Repairs are around a hundred dollars. Brodie
That's a good plug Brodie. Thanks for the input. Pat  

If someone else had of done to me what I did to myself . . . I'd have killed him. Humility is an asset. Heh - heh.

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Pigslayer posted this 20 February 2016

Ed Harris wrote: Shootin' doen't make'ya deaf, I can hear everything I say!

8-) LOL!

If someone else had of done to me what I did to myself . . . I'd have killed him. Humility is an asset. Heh - heh.

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John Alexander posted this 20 February 2016

When I shot on Army rifle teams in the 1950s nothing was said about hearing protection, and none furnished, even though it was obvious that all the old non coms who were shooters were deaf.  Some of us would stuff cleaning patches in our ears in a futile attempt to help.  I never saw visible hearing protection at Camp Perry where there were a lot of civilian shooters either.  A few years later everybody used protection.  How dumb we were. John  

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Dale53 posted this 26 February 2016

I wear hearing aids. Five years in the Ohio Nat'l Guard. Heavy weapons Section Sergeant. No ear protection. A lifetime of competitive shooting with handguns, shotguns, smallbore and bigbore rifles. Too much time with inadequate hearing protection.

I have really good hearing aids complete with Bluetooth and remote control I bought and had expertly fitted at Costco. They cost less than two thousand dollars for everything. I highly recommend them.

FWIW Dale53

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highstandard40 posted this 26 February 2016

My hearing has been bad most of my life. I went for a physical for the military during the Vietnam era and I was rejected because of my hearing. I made do without hearing aids till about two years ago when my situation had degraded to the point that normal conversations were no longer possible and my wife was on my case pretty hard. My audiologist tested me and said my hearing loss was bordering on profound. I was fitted with digital hearing aids for both ears. These were the ones that amplify only the sounds in the hearing range that I had a deficit in. The cost was nearly $4000 and I used them on a trial basis for 6 weeks after which I returned them because I saw no improvement in my ability to comprehend the spoken word. Sure, with them on the world around me was a much noisier place but I still could not understand much that anybody said to me. I don't go to movies in a theater because I can't understand the dialogue. Waitresses in restaurants or voices on the phone are a garbled mess to me. I still get by with much effort and have accepted my fate. My problem is that my hearing loss is mostly in the high frequency range, some of that range is totally lost for me. Zero. And that's the problem. Hearing aids can't amplify zero. I consider myself lucky though. Hearing loss is bad but I have good vision and I can't imagine what it must be like to be blind.

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R. Dupraz posted this 26 February 2016

Try hanging around one of these for a few yrs. with no ears on.

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TRKakaCatWhisperer posted this 26 February 2016

R. Dupraz wrote: Try hanging around one of these for a few yrs. with no ears on. those were OD green when I fired them.

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R. Dupraz posted this 26 February 2016

yup

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