Time for me to get hearing aids

[Sunset]

No idea if it's mostly caused by loud noise, but loud noise does cause it.
I worked with a fellow in his early 20's who was in a rock band, he already had some hear loss.

I regret my early years using a chainsaw without earmuffs.
Now I use earmuffs when mowing, or anything else I think will be loud, trying to preserve my hearing as much as possible.

Doc says my hearing is ok for an old geezer, DW says my hearing is selective

[Walt34]

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Originally Posted by Sunset Doc says my hearing is ok for an old geezer, DW says my hearing is selective

Same issue here.

I have what the audiologist called a "notch" of hearing loss, most likely caused by being around target shooting ranges a lot. We always wore hearing protection but I guess it wasn't enough. I don't need a hearing aid yet but my younger sister does so the genes are probably there.

[Hermit]

Hearing loss runs in my family. I lost a good deal in my early 20s while working around fighter jets. I think both issues have contributed to my hearing loss.

[timo2]

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Originally Posted by Walt34 Same issue here. I have what the audiologist called a "notch" of hearing loss, most likely caused by being around target shooting ranges a lot. We always wore hearing protection but I guess it wasn't enough. I don't need a hearing aid yet but my younger sister does so the genes are probably there.

My 'notch' hearing loss is at the higher levels, from mining drills hitting rock and also helicopters. However, it also happens to be about the range where many woman talk. So when I told DW that hearing loss comparison, that went over like a lead balloon (imagine the following statements from DW were about selective mens hearing, husband hearing, etc). Since then I've been seen by three technologists, two women and one man. Only the man laughed at that comparison. I only had to start the story: "you know how woman say men have selective hearing loss...: and he finished the sentence ".....and you really do...<laugh>

[braumeister]

I was religious about using available hearing protection around military aircraft, and I believe it has helped me maintain decent hearing to this day.

I always cringe when a plane I'm on taxis up to the gate and I see the ground personnel not wearing any protection at all. They're going to be in the same category as rock musicians someday.

The hair cells in your cochlea can't regenerate when damaged or destroyed by loud noise, so hearing loss is progressive and permanent.