Who has hearing loss and why?

[Cygnus X1]

Some upper mids in my left ear. No significant change in the last 11 years. I get my hearing tested every year, working in a loud environment. Fortunately, my particular shop isn't constantly loud like other areas (rolling mill and steelmaking shops), because I can only wear earplugs for a short time before my ears turn raw. Some of the old timers are practically deaf, and it's very difficult to understand what they are saying, because they are unable to hear themselves talking-another embarassing side effect of severe loss.

[Cleveland Metal]

Mild tinitus, and higher loss in my left hear compared to the right. Both have high freq loss.

[SouthPlatteDemon]

Pass the chicken please.
PASS ME SOME MORE CHICKEN!!!!!!

Just a glimpse into your future dinner table conversations if you don't hear fett's advice.

[fett]

Here is how bad mine is. I like my CD's with old Koss headphones. Fuck the Right-Left. It's now a matter of whether I want to hear the "Highs" or not. So. I switch. It depends on the CD. And that sucks.

[Soap]

What? I can't hear you.
Say it again. Nah don't bother just write it down.

I have it (hearing loss/high frequencies and whispering) as well.
From years of loud music and industrial (loud machines) plants.
I couldn't be stealthy quiet and sneak up on someone if my life depended on it.

[Shawn Lutz]

I dont have any and I was checked out a year or so ago. I had an inner ear / sinus infection that was throwing off my balance. I was surprised to find out my hearing was better than normal. I played loud volumes, worked at Detroit Metro Airport loading planes and didnt wear ear protection.

I've always been aware of the potential for loss so I trained my ears by watching TV at lower volume levels

[SouthPlatteDemon]

I've always been aware of the potential for loss so I trained my ears by watching TV at lower volume levels

Seriously, you can train your ears? I never heard of this before. No pun intended.

[fett]

Maybe you can. I am blind in my right eye. That happened about 4 years ago. While my depth perception relies on memory, I swear that my left has adapted to where I almost see the whole two eyed picture. Not completely. Those sneaky bastards still hit my blindside. But, it is amazing.

[SouthPlatteDemon]

Maybe you can. I am blind in my right eye. That happened about 4 years ago. While my depth perception relies on memory, I swear that my left has adapted to where I almost see the whole two eyed picture. Not completely. Those sneaky bastards still hit my blindside. But, it is amazing.

Half blind and half deaf. You're one battle torn viking!

[Rupe]

I've lost 25% in my left ear and 35% in my right, mostly from guitar but I also shot guns alot, raced motorcross, and hung at in the pits at sprint car races back in the late 70's and early 80's.

Like others here, its the highs that I can't hear anymore. People get in my car and give me funny looks if theres music on as I have the bass pulled back and the treble dimed

Background noise is the real killer for me. My friends now think its funny to count how many times I say "What?" when we go out The strange thing is I can hear a pin drop when I have silence (other than the constant hum from tinnitus).

[rjohnstone]

Yep... I can't here shit in a crowd of two.
Between the high frequency hearing loss and the tinnitus constantly ringing in my ear, it's amazing I can concentrate.
I actually hate a quiet room. It makes me aware of my tinnitus even more.

[fett]

Half blind and half deaf. You're one battle torn viking!

There is nothing worse than a half-blind half-deaf Viking god-like person. And, then there is me. I'm all presence. They bow to me. Whether they like it or not. It just takes time.:ROTF:

[Outlander]

I can't hear highs in my right ear anymore, I attribute it to always standing stage right or left if your facing the audience with my right ear usually turned towards my amp.

[Genebaby]

I began using earplugs at gigs years ago and am glad I started when I did. I used to playing with them in now, it's not a problem. Your ears get tired very quickly anyway where loud noise is concerned. I can remember starting a set with no earplugs and it was great but by the end of it my perception of the stage sound had changed because my ears couldn't take it.

I haven't been tested in ages but I think I'm fairly ok with it. Musicians earplugs, the way to go!

[Argos]

Tinnitus in both ears. Sucks. At least I have a cool rock and roll story though: I got it from a Manowar concert. Loudest band on Earth, mother fuckers!

Interestingly enough all of my hearing test reports come back quite good.