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In Reply to: Any one eared audiophiles around? posted by One Ear on February 14, 2007 at 12:52:19:
You can try it out yourself. I feel bad for you, but music can still be enjoyed monophonically and with one ear. You will not be needing stereo anymore, though, since that's a two-eared illusion.There are some guys that lost a lot of hearing that enjoy this hobby. Some also have tinnitus, hyperacusis, or other problems. Good music is more in the head than in the ears, anyway. But your priorities might shift in terms of sound quality versus performance quality in your title selections.
Best of luck to you. I think you should think all is not lost. One ear is better than none.
Kurt
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Thnaks guys for writing back,
I'm going to have some kind of device implanted that will transmit the sound to the good ear. I'm not sure how this will sound? I was hoping for it to be a little different audibly, so I can differentiate L and R. But looks like we are not that advanced as yet.
Best of luck.
I have 70% hearing in one ear and maybe 30% in the other and through that ear I hear distorted anyhow . I also have tinnitus all the time . I still enjoy music . However accuracy of playback becomes vital to the challenged of hearing . So you'll need some really good gear if you want to enjoy music as much as is possible .
I also have bouts of tinnitus and hyperacusis, but didn't want to bring it up. Since you did, and you made a good point about it, the equipment can actually be MORE important to me as a result. Now it HAS to be smooth and articulate for me to not be irritated in the ears, but also to hear the nuances on my not-so-good days that makes it harder to hear. So yeah, you're right, equipment still matters to the hearing impaired. I don't know, though, what losing one ear would have done differently compared to tinnitus and hyperacusis in my audio quest. I think others have answered that one just fine.Kurt
Thanks Markgar,
You really prepped up my mood. I'm not alone. I appreciate your honest feedback.
I know a VERY good high school band director that is totally deaf in one ear. Most people never even have an idea, unless they know this person really well.You certainly cannot tell by listening to the band play, they give a lot of good college wind bands a run for their money.
But more to the point, and since most recorded music nowadays is in stereo, and because this person had just bought an iPod, they asked me to build them a heaphone for the iPod that fed both channels into just one earbud. As long as the volume wasn't cranked up too high, it worked amazingly well, and a LOT better than one would imagine.
Despite the compromises, this person was VERY pleased with the new headphone, because it not only wasn't as annoying as trying to hold both earbuds up to the same ear when they really wanted to listen to something, it sounded better than trying to use both in one ear as well.
BT
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