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Re: Bose Hearphones

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Post by KingMob »

musesum wrote: post #142
sna1l wrote: post #74

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I was pretty excited for the Hear One's but now they've been delayed until March. :( If they can actually land a product with a truly wireless experience, that would be awesome!

Yep, Doppler and Apple delaying product. A friend has worn the simple noise cancelling version of the Hear One to a loud concert. She loves them. Another friend has the Bragi Dash earbuds and was complaining of some Bluetooth drop-out. IMO, would rather have a neck band sending out RF than something sitting inside my head. Maybe the new passive WiFi solves that concern at 1/10,000 the power?

IIRC, the new passive Wifi requires a reflector device in the room.

Re: Bose Hearphones

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Post by djsumdog »

robert_tweed wrote: post #154
jseliger wrote: post #102

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Try these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0044DEESS . I keep a pair in my pocket. They're shockingly good, and unless someone is looking closely for them they're not real noticeable. They're also cheap enough that a lost pair is not catastrophic.

I was going to say the same thing. The general name for these is attenuating ear plugs. A lot of musicians, especially drummers, wear them on stage so they can hear their own instrument over everything else, at a sensible volume. They vary primarily in their frequency response: some are flat and others are designed to cut specific frequencies more than others (e.g, for bass players vs guitar players). I found out abo…

I see a lot of live music. I am very lucky a doctor long ago told me I need to guard myself from hearing loss (he was treating me for an ear infection).

I always carry earplugs when I go to shows. Sometimes it's the nice plastic ones; sometimes I lose those and go back to the foam ones. Sometimes I forget and uses pieces of tissue (don't do that. When those pieces get stuck, it's slightly terrifying picking them out of your ear).

Last time I took one of those free hearing tests, I could still hear everything I should for my age range. I can still hear high pitch ringing (like from old CRT monitors), so I think my hearing is in decent shape for being in my 30s.

Hearing loss is a big problem in the US and it's spreading throughout the world. You don't want to be shelling out money of hearing aids later on in life (some are covered by medicare, but still) and once you start losing hearing .. you start to become isolated from people and friends. You will miss things and people won't bother repeating them or you'll just laugh and pretend you heard. It's isolating (according to a sign language instructor I had -- who wasn't deaf, but very impaired).

TL;DR Take care of your ears! Always have earplugs if you see live music a lot!

Re: Bose Hearphones

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Post by jolux »

tibbon wrote: post #122
randlet wrote: post #101

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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 a similar problem in loud spaces. Given my activities (motorcycling, guitar playing, powertools, etc) I had assumed my hearing was bad, but when I went to an ENT/audiologist for unrelated things I had them give me a good test on a whim. For me, the results were that I have hearing ability on-par with a ~5 year old, and they only see adults like me every 18 months or so. I've got a printoff of the chart around…

>On the flipside, I'm very ADHD, which I think hurts my loud-space conversational abilities some.

Same. I'm also pretty sure that extreme difficulty sifting through conversations in noisy environments is a symptom.

Re: Bose Hearphones

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Post by okreallywtf »

manyxcxi wrote: post #153
tibbon wrote: post #122

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I have a similar problem in loud spaces. Given my activities (motorcycling, guitar playing, powertools, etc) I had assumed my hearing was bad, but when I went to an ENT/audiologist for unrelated things I had them give me a good test on a whim. For me, the results were that I have hearing ability on-par with a ~5 year old, and they only see adults like me every 18 months or so. I've got a printoff of the chart around…

I went to an audiologist a few years back because I could hear certain things that would drive me up the wall. I thought it might be tinnitus or something like that- I ride motorcycles, am on the water in boats, use power tools, etc. Turns out I have exceptional hearing as well, and much better high frequency responses than an average 30 year old. Certain cheap lights and power transformers can drive me absolutely fr…

I'm glad to know it is not just me! Our cheap HP printer makes the worst racket, when the house is quiet I can hear it in all the way in the kitchen from the other side of the house. Nobody else notices it, and I tried unplugging it once and it made an even worse noise (probably would fade as the capacitors discharge but when I was trying to sleep without a fan in another room I didn't care to wait).

As a kid I always used to take the batteries out of clocks when I would sleep at other peoples houses on a couch or something but since becoming an adult around 29 I gained a little more mental control so I can deal with that stuff a little better.

Re: Bose Hearphones

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Post by okreallywtf »

didgeoridoo wrote: post #121
randlet wrote: post #101

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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…

It can also be a neurological or psychological issue. I had my hearing tested after years of being totally unable to pick out voices in a noisy environment. Turns out my hearing is actually above average . My ENT suggested that I might just be "bad at hearing", in the same way that one might have poor memory, or have poor visual-spatial awareness. It's apparently a skill that can be trained.

I have heard this[1] and my girlfriend (an amature musician) has worse hearing than me generally (subjectively based on quiet situations picking out very quiet sounds or high frequencies) but is way better than me in loud enviornments.

[1] http://io9.gizmodo.com/5839116/lifelong-musicians-can-unders...

Re: Bose Hearphones

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Post by AdamJacobMuller »

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 similar issues and have "pretty good" hearing (been tested in the past 2 years)

My hearing is actually far better than it was when I was younger (32 now), I also had moderate/severe hearing loss from allergies (which I have mostly grown out of).

Re: Bose Hearphones

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Post by alistair77 »

drhayes9 wrote: post #177
tibbon wrote: post #122

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I have a similar problem in loud spaces. Given my activities (motorcycling, guitar playing, powertools, etc) I had assumed my hearing was bad, but when I went to an ENT/audiologist for unrelated things I had them give me a good test on a whim. For me, the results were that I have hearing ability on-par with a ~5 year old, and they only see adults like me every 18 months or so. I've got a printoff of the chart around…

I need to get a hearing test, but I can often hear things that people around me can't (TVs, radios, bad speakers, etc). But put me in a noisy bar or restaurant and I'm at a loss. I figure it's my ADHD as well. On a related note, this is why people talking during movies is so infuriating for me: while they're talking the movie is basically turned off for me.

Could also be related to HSP http://blogs.psychcentral.com/adhd-zoe/2011/06/10-signs-that...

Re: Bose Hearphones

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Post by TrevorJ »

jolux wrote: post #203
tibbon wrote: post #122

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I have a similar problem in loud spaces. Given my activities (motorcycling, guitar playing, powertools, etc) I had assumed my hearing was bad, but when I went to an ENT/audiologist for unrelated things I had them give me a good test on a whim. For me, the results were that I have hearing ability on-par with a ~5 year old, and they only see adults like me every 18 months or so. I've got a printoff of the chart around…

>On the flipside, I'm very ADHD, which I think hurts my loud-space conversational abilities some. Same. I'm also pretty sure that extreme difficulty sifting through conversations in noisy environments is a symptom.

I too have ADD and experience this.

Re: Bose Hearphones

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Post by owlninja »

KaiserPro wrote: post #191

I'm a drummer. Fortunately before I destroyed my hearing my dad forced me to wear ear defenders. since then it's been a habit. These look nice and all, but basically all you really need are ear plugs. http://www.thesafetysupplycompany.co.uk/p/449062/howard-leig... comfy, snug and 32db (depending on version) of attenuation. That means that you can go to a loud gigs (95db) without the risk of tinitus. same goes for bar…

These are not just earplugs...they can enhance conversation in loud places as well.
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