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In Reply to: RE: going for a hearing test soon posted by hifitommy on September 30, 2014 at 16:55:18
Radio Shack decibel meter. I already had these items from a previous subwoofer installation. When I heard the 10kHz tone, I watched the needle move on the meter. At 12kHz I saw the needle move but heard nothing. Oh crap.
I now have to turn my head occasionally, and ladies' voices are the hardest to make out. That may not be a bad thing unless they start harping on ya. When watching British TV shows, I probably miss 50% and have to ask the wife for repeats.
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the frequencies of transients probably go WAY up there and loss thereof may cause a reduction of intelligibility of speech.
that's my story and i am sticking to it.
...regards...tr
Other factors must be entering.
Human voice does not go beyond 1100 Hz for fundamentals although harmonics go much higher, even so second harmonics would be 2200, and third harmonics 3300, so they are well below the 10 kHz range you are missing.
Also note that if you are missing voices on TV but hear them OK in real life, then there is another factor at work here, probably the television speakers.
And don't worry, most males lose high frequencies after age 50, If you're right handed most likely its your right ear, and of course vice versa.
If you attend live music your brain actually will compensate for the hearing loss. You may not heat the actual upper frequency fundamental but you will feel and respond to their energy.
a factor after hearing loss with the higher frequencies. Background noise in our house includes forced air heating, refrigerators, humidifiers, etc. I purposely turn off our air to air heat exchanger when watching movies.
Your hearing loss above 10-kHz has nothing to do with your inability to hear voices. I have the same high-frequency loss as you, but I have no trouble with ladies voices or British TV shows. High-frequency hearing loss in men as they age is unavoidable and completely normal. I believe you have some other hearing problems in addition to your high-frequency hearing loss.
Best regards,
John Elison
I will have to research this more, but those little hairs might respond to both volume and frequency. Let me know if you have any additional information
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