I think my hearing is going.

[Warren]

My kid is on the couch next to me and I swear I thought she said "I want a chicken ninja latte"

Startled I asked " I don't know what a ninja latte is, but why would you put chicken in it?"

"No dad, I said I want a chicken enchilada."

"Oh."


My wife has nagging me about this for awhile. I think that's what's she saying anyway.

[Brad Johnson]

You say your earring is glowing?

Brad

p.s. - see an audiologist before it gets worse.

[Unisaw]

How old are you?  I am 48 and just had this talk with my doctor.  According to him, the ability to hear high-frequency sounds (like a young girl's voice) is the first thing to go.  He advised that this is a normal part of aging (sigh...) and that I just live with it unless it starts to be a significant problem.

[Warren]

See a professional and have it confirmed? AHHH!

I'm only 41 I'm too young for this.

[Jamisjockey]

How old are you?  I am 48 and just had this talk with my doctor.  According to him, the ability to hear high-frequency sounds (like a young girl's voice) is the first thing to go.  He advised that this is a normal part of aging (sigh...) and that I just live with it unless it starts to be a significant problem.

Is that how old, rich men put up with young, hot trophy wives?  If you can't hear 'em.....

[Standing Wolf]

There are worse losses than one's hearing. That said", hearing losses are aggravating, and can be embarrassing at times.

Personally, I had no success with hearing aids, but have been told they've comea long way since then.

[Fly320s]

Your hair ring is growing?

Maybe it's just that young people mumble more.  I know that I am a mumbler and that I need to make an effort, at times, to speak distinctly.

[meinbruder]

See a professional and have it confirmed? AHHH!
I'm only 41 I'm too young for this.

Yes, exactly.  Get a full spectrum hearing test.  My wife and I have been going round-robin on this for the last twenty-five years.  She tells me I'm going deaf and I tell her she mutters and mumbles, it's one factor in recent "problems".  However, I have had two hearing tests which have proven that I have no loss at the high or low end.  There is a down spike in the mid range, which just might correspond with a .45acp but other wise my hearing is perfect.  I can hear the neighbors in their driveway but not my wife in the same room.  Get a test.
}:)>   

[Leatherneck]

My retirement physical in 1985 showed an 85db loss in one ear and slightly less in the other. I was 42 and had spent a career flying mainly A-4 skyhawks in the days before form-fit helmets. The face of the first-stage compressor sits about 4 ft behind the pilot. Predictable results. I wonder what returning OIF vets are showing? All that combat noise must be taking its toll.

Learn to use it selectively: develop the skill to not react to female voices at all when you *need to.*

TC

[The Rabbi]

Old man decides to prove to his wife that she has hearing trouble.  She is gardening and he comes up behind her and asks "can you hear me?"  No answer.  He gets closer, "can you hear me?"  Nothing.  He comes up right behind her, "can you hear me now?"
She turns around, "for godssakes, I told you three times already!"

[HankB]

Old woman in church leans next to her husband and whispers "I just let out a silent one . . . what should I do?"

Old man replies "Turn on your hearing aid." 

[Fly320s]

Leatherneck,

Did you know another A-4 and A-6 pilot named Ron Suter?  He's about your age.

[USP45usp]

I'm lucky, I don't have to wait to get old not to be able to hear high voices, but I do wish my being able to hear very high freqs would go away.

During my hearing test to join the military, turns out that I was born with a "gap" in hearing freqs.  While in that little room they did the tones and I did great on low end, middle, skipped high (failed) and jumped out of the chair on ultra high (which they use as a control cause you shouldn't be able to hear them).

Just to see if I was faking it they did the series again with random and again jumped out of the chair on Ultra high freqs.

Drives me freaking nuts, I hear the ultra high freqs that tv's, computers, etc.. emit and I can hear dog whisles  .  That one freaked out my dad when he bought one for one of our dogs and I came out of my room screaming for him to shut up because it was giving me a headache.  Those things are loud! (and it doesn't help that most people blow on it with all their might due to the fact they can't hear it and don't know if it is working).

As for young boys and girls, I can't hear a word they are saying, don't know if that is a good or bad thing  .

Wayne

[MillCreek]

I have had a severe sensineural bilateral hearing loss since birth: approximately a 75% loss on the left and 60% on the right.  The cause is unknown, and there is no treatment.  A few years ago, in my mid-40's, I finally had enough uncommitted discretionary income to buy a pair of hearing aids at $ 7000 out of pocket.  Hearing aids are generally not covered by insurance.  The aids do make quite the difference.  I would suggest that you go and have a hearing workup by an audiologist.