If you love music why in the world would you try to hold off getting hearing aids?????? Makes absolutely no sense. You aren't going to accommodate hearing loss with screwing around with your system. This thinking hurts my head.
Results of Actual Hearing Test and Next Steps
Like probably many on this forum I’m getting into that post 60 age where hearing may not hear as well as it once was. To baseline where I stand today, I arranged a professional assessment. Results:
- 10dB loss at 2K Hz
- 20dB loss at 4K Hz
- 20dB loss at 8K Hz
- Word recognition 100% at 70dB
- Sound tolerance to 110dB (that’s loud)
Summary; mild to moderate loss at higher frequencies; muddled conversations in group settings. No urgent need for hearing aids but higher volume may be required for media.
I listen to music mostly at the 70-85 dB range; most theatrical movies and concerts can go as high as 95-100dB which is too loud for me. My McIntosh MA352 has EQ knobs which I rarely use. I prefer direct sound without boosting and play mostly vinyl. Also have EQ in my car.
I tried enhancing EQ settings at 2K and 10K Hz and found it did add more detail; at least it was an agreeable sound. My hope is to avoid hearing aids for as long as possible and still get maximum music enjoyment.
Anybody else encountering this or have some workarounds to suggest?
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On the other hand (or ear), you can hear what you're missing.... ...instead of letting ones' imagination/memory fill in the 'blanks'. ;) *G* I was doing that a lot.....imagine my delight....👍😍 Phonak Audeo M90s'; the only thing I'd like better would be a more 'detailed' onboard eq....*darn*L* Lost the right for awhile....wouldn't charge, but suddenly and without previous warning, it came back! I be binaural again.... Was considering Widex Moment 440s' as a 'step-up' (...and who sez I don't do that sort of thing....silly boyz....), but I'd need the molded earpieces, which gets $+ onto the total....comes recommended by the audiologists for those of us that want 'earphone levels of response'.... Picky picky....*L* (...@mahg, 'phile that he is, will be...'intrigued'....*good natured snicker*....besides....CN health services, being so good....and he's in my aged range.....) |
I can totally understand why you wouldn’t want to get hearing aids. I got one (I only lost hearing in one ear) a few years ago, and I rarely wear it because it distorts the sound so badly. It does help me understand what others are saying, but at the expense of “normal” sound reproduction. I would never wear it to listen to music, although I sometimes wear it if I’m trying to hear others in a noisy room. I would say try to find the best combination of settings with your equalizer, and then decide whether you like it better that way or without any enhancement. Personally, I’m pretty happy with my system with no enhancement, but in the end, it just comes down to what sounds better to you! |
@cheeg , and I can understand why wearing only one would be 'off-putting'....no pun intended. When my right earpiece punk'd out for awhile, I preferred to not wear my left one. It was weird to hear clearly with my left, and felt like my right was AWOL.... In the interm, I just defaulted to running eq 'up' to compensate, since I know my 'basic curve' of correction. I use this curve with 'real' headphones, since it's a bit much having 'phones into aids' which creates an over-correction... You might try the 'dj running with 'phones on one ear' to see if that's a comp that works...🤷♂️😎... |
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