I finally broke down and had a hearing test done yesterday. Been putting it off too long. Been told a few times lately that I had the TV too loud and Ive noticed I have to turn my head to people to hear what they are saying.
Also, noticed that I am having a hard time telling what direction certain sounds come from. My left ear seemed to be worse off than the right.
First question out of the Dr. mouth....
I see you are wearing a camo hat, are you a hunter???
Yes I am...
Do you wear hearing protection?
In a gun range I do, in a hunting situation, no I do not..
Are you right handed?
Yes
That means your left ear takes the brunt of the punishment...
So we proceed with the test, and she goes over the results with me.
Turns out my hearing is at the bottom line of normal. However, I had a significant drop in one of he higher MH in my left ear. She said that when she sees that, it is a 99.9% indication of noise damage. I guess too many years of not protecting my ears while burning gun powder, too many Hank Jr concerts, and too much loud country music going thru my stereo system took its toll on my left ear.
She said I need to protect my ears or if I don't I will be in a set of hearing aids later in life. I told her about the Walker's game ears, and she said that by all means I need to invest in them.
Bottom line guys, protect your ears
i just started carrying a set of ear plugs on a cord this past gun season that i have ready to use when i get in my stand
What? :crip
I've got the exact same condition ,left ear, luckily its only a loss of a narrow frequency, very common in "older " men also from loud tools, motors and people in the air force and artillery
Yeah, I have some issue with my left ear too, occasionally my hearing will just fade, and then it'll go to a loud ringing for a few minutes. Spent too much time in the engine room of big boats listening to the roar of a big Detroit diesel or a Caterpillar.
