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Re: Bose Hearphones

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Post by mabbo »

randlet wrote: post #101
boobsbr wrote: post #77

Wow, this address a major problem I have. I have decent hearing, but when I'm in a noisy environment like a bar, I can hear but can't understand what other people are saying. It's why I don't like going to bars/pubs with live performances or ambient music. People think I'm bored or brooding because I'm not talking to anyone, but I just can't understand anything anyone says, so I can't participate in a conversation.

Are you sure you have decent hearing? I thought I could hear what people were saying in noisy environments, but couldn't understand anything. This was one of the major symptoms for me before I was diagnosed with moderate/severe hearing loss. It's very isolating. No problems now with a decent set of hearing aids. Have yourself tested! The quality of life improvement from a set of hearing aids is incredible! edit: I wa…

I have mild hearing loss, but I never realized how much I relied on lip-reading until I started hanging out with a friend who habitually put his hand in front of his mouth while talking. "Brian, you've pressed mute again".

Re: Bose Hearphones

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Post by gaius »

boobsbr wrote: post #77

Wow, this address a major problem I have. I have decent hearing, but when I'm in a noisy environment like a bar, I can hear but can't understand what other people are saying. It's why I don't like going to bars/pubs with live performances or ambient music. People think I'm bored or brooding because I'm not talking to anyone, but I just can't understand anything anyone says, so I can't participate in a conversation.

The Army Rangers have headphones that cancel gunfire and explosions and enhance voices, they say they can have a normal conversation in the middle of a battle. Very clever!

Re: Bose Hearphones

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Post by ElijahLynn »

I was reading this paragraph.

"...and people always talk much louder to compensate for the noise. I was pleasantly surprised that I was able to hear the server without any extra effort..."

And initially was wondering how he got an audio feed to his server in a restaurant and then was like "Why would he want to listen to his server". And then realized that there are human servers in restaurants.

Re: Bose Hearphones

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Post by hughes »

randlet wrote: post #141
hughes wrote: post #116

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What do hearing aids with those feature cost? I feel like even premium Bose products would be cheap in comparison

Yes, they're expensive. I think I payed $6000 total for 2 hearing aids with a 3 year service contract and expect them to last 5-6 years (possibly longer). You can certainly get cheaper ones though without all the bells and whistles. You're right though, Bose is going to have to come in way below that price ;)

Thanks for the response. What kind of ongoing service do they require that a service contract would be desired?

Re: Bose Hearphones

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Post by Chico75 »

timtammittee wrote: post #87
pixelcloud wrote: post #18

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That means you probably have hearing damage. I read an article recently regarding this, many younger people have issues with this and it IS physical damage.

You are probably talking about what we call a hidden hearing loss. It is called like this because there are currently no clinical tests available. The reason for this is probably a selective death of synapses in the inner ear. We separate between three types of auditory nerve fibers (ANFs): High spontaneous rate (HSR), low spontaneous rate (LSR) and mid spontaneous rate (MSR). Basically the HSRs are our high gain fib…

It sounds a lot like what I am experiencing too. Is there any point talking about it to a specialized doctor (an ENT?) ?

Re: Bose Hearphones

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Post by canes123456 »

freyr wrote: post #117
randlet wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you sure you have decent hearing? I thought I could hear what people were saying in noisy environments, but couldn't understand anything. This was one of the major symptoms for me before I was diagnosed with moderate/severe hearing loss. It's very isolating. No problems now with a decent set of hearing aids. Have yourself tested! The quality of life improvement from a set of hearing aids is incredible! edit: I wa…

I became unable to understand conversations in noisy bars and restaurants. I had my hearing tested, and it was normal. I can hear one person talking quietly from across the house, but can't understand a person right next to me in a bar. It's very frustrating.

Some people with Autism Spectrum Disorder have this issue. I believe I had it when I was younger but it less noticeable right now.

Re: Bose Hearphones

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Post by lukeschlather »

auxym wrote: post #92
cbr wrote: post #53

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That seems straightforward enough that you could try it on your own?

I'm curious how you would go about determining the frequency of your tinnitus.

As long as you have decent pitch, it shouldn't be too hard. Just listen to square waves at various frequencies until you narrow in on the frequency of your tinnitus.

When you play two square waves that are slightly off, you also hear a really obvious pulse that corresponds to how off they are (1 pulse per second means they're off by exactly 1 hz, and so on.) I don't know what the experience of tinnitus would be, but assuming you can hear the tinnitus and a square wave at a close pitch, it should be fairly easy to isolate the exact frequency with a binary search.

Re: Bose Hearphones

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Post by musesum »

daenney wrote: post #13

Aren't these just the QC35's with their companion app? What am I missing?

Didn't know about the QC30s. Amazon review mentions that the noise cancelling is not as extreme as QC20 or QC35 (by design, according to Bose).

My guess is that the new buds will allow the iPhone as a 3rd microphone, with Apple's "Live Listen"

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