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Re: Bose Hearphones

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Post by webmaven »

bogomipz wrote: post #409
webmaven wrote: post #383

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Hard as it may be to believe, earbuds/earphones/in-ear headphones were not invented with the iPod, or even the MP3 player. ;-) Today, many adults already have significant hearing loss from having regularly listened to loud music on portable players like the Walkman starting 30+ years ago. The first research on this seems to have been done in the mid-80's.

>"Hard as it may be to believe, earbuds/earphones/in-ear headphones were not invented with the iPod, or even the MP3 player" Believe I am well aware of that time before ipod/iphone/streaming services etc :) However back then there amount of time spent by people wearing earphone and headphones was much smaller comparison. Even with the existence of the Walkman it was not common to see people using them for instance in…

> Even with the existence of the Walkman it was not common to see people using them for instance in the office and at their desks for hours at a time during the work day.

You're only considering adults. Teens definitely did spend hours a day with earbuds in.

Re: Bose Hearphones

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Post by ddmf »

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…

I wonder if that's the problem - hearing is too sensitive - I have mysophonia (level 6) and I'm more likely to hear a packet of sweets being opened than someone talking.

Bar type conversations usually have me decoding people's facial expressions and nodding or grimacing at the right times.

Re: Bose Hearphones

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Post by eiffel31 »

comex wrote: post #248
djsumdog wrote: post #202

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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…

I don't go to concerts often but when I do, I tend to bring foam earplugs: partly to protect my hearing, partly because otherwise the music is usually subjectively painfully loud. Sometimes when I haven't brought them I make do with tissue. Problem is, even without earplugs I always find it pretty hard to actually experience the music, comprehend the lyrics, etc. at concerts because it's so loud and distorted. Earplu…

I regularly go to concerts as part of the audience, and also as part of a band. Getting ear-molded linear -15dB protections has been my best decision ever since I enjoy and practice music. I definitely recommend you give some a try.

Re: Bose Hearphones

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Post by mgv11 »

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.

Woah, so many people "suffer" from the same thing!

edit. As for these hearphones, would be interesting to test them, but dont think I've used them. Never seen the problem as a big thing. More like annoyance perhaps. And yes, I am cheap.

Re: Bose Hearphones

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Post by boobsbr »

kolinko wrote: post #394
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.

Did you get tested for ADHD? Many people with ADHD have problems with focusing on a conversation, especially when there is a lot of noise around. Their hearing is perfectly fine, but they drift away a hundred times a minute. You don't have to move a lot to have ADHD. Here is a fun test/explaination on how it works in adults: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iozAFIr3BEw#t=50

Yes, a psychiatrist evaluated me prescribed Ritalin.

I had a nice improvement in concentration and attention to what I'm doing at work, but I haven't gone out to a bar or concert since, to try talking in a noisy environment.

Re: Bose Hearphones

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Post by GrinningFool »

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…

Printers, crt displays back when they were a thing, cheap chargers... even low-end LCD displays. All of them emit a high pitched frequency that can be maddening.

Interestingly it's pitched above the range of my tinnitus so I get to hear both most of the time :/

Summer here is my favorite time of year for that reason - the insect noise gets so loud at night, and falls right into the range of the tinnitus and e-noise such that it completely obscures them. It's almost like those sounds aren't there for a few months every year.

Re: Bose Hearphones

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Post by grhino »

logicallee wrote: post #330
grhino wrote: post #26

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tinnitus can be caused for other reasons than loud music, some that are not that well understood. Any sensorineural hearing loss can be accompanied by tinnitus. Autoimmune inner disease (AIED) and meniere's disease can bring about tinnitus. Tinnitus sucks. I think the best guess is nerve cells in the inner ear firing improperly and generating a random noisy signal that gets interpreted wrong by the brain.

all right - sounds like you know a lot about it. Is it fair to say most tinnitus in the world is preventable, and most (as a percentage of people suffering from tinnitus) have had as a direct cause loud noise? (So that if they had had earing protection, they would not have tinnitus.) open-ended question.

Hearing protection is worthwhile. I don't know if we understand tinnitus well enough to say whether most of it is preventable.

Re: Bose Hearphones

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Post by aagoldin »

We (in Alango Technologies) liked the HearPhones for this product type. Actually, we liked it so much that two years ago we used it to name the category of Bluetooth headsets with hearing enhancement and assistive listening functionality as HearPhones™ (www.alango.com/hearphones, www.old.alango.com/hearing/index). As a DSP software provider, we started working on a licensable software package that allows transformation of a Bluetooth headset into a powerful hearing aid. Of course, BOSE were aware of it as well and, apparently, liked the idea and the name so much that they decided to name their upcoming product HearPhones™. We, obviously, don’t like their idea… Anyway, our company will introduce our own concept product from HearPhones™ category. It will be a stylish Bluetooth headset with fully customizable hearing enhancement capability. You will get much more information about it very soon (hopefully next week) on www.wearandhear.com

Re: Bose Hearphones

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Post by aagoldin »

We (in Alango Technologies) liked the HearPhones for this product type. Actually, we liked it so much that two years ago we used it to name the category of Bluetooth headsets with hearing enhancement and assistive listening functionality as HearPhones™ (www.alango.com/hearphones, www.old.alango.com/hearing/index). As a DSP software provider, we started working on a licensable software package that allows transformation of a Bluetooth headset into a powerful hearing aid. Of course, BOSE were aware of it as well and, apparently, liked the idea and the name so much that they decided to name their upcoming product HearPhones™. We, obviously, don’t like their idea… Anyway, our company will introduce our own concept product from HearPhones™ category. It will be a stylish Bluetooth headset with fully customizable hearing enhancement capability. You will get much more information about it very soon (hopefully next week) on www.wearandhear.com
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