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Not long ago I saw a report of a person suing Apple for hearing loss due to listening to his Ipod. He’s claiming the device is defective since long term exposure to loud music damages the ear drums.
When I was young, my parents would always tell me to turn down the TV. They’d always shout that ‘You’re not hard of hearing, turn that damn thing down.’ And they were right. I could hear it just fine at a lower level than when it was turned up loud.
I just enjoyed it loud. Loud sounds can have a physical affect on the body. It was much more enjoyable for me listening to the TV or to music loud.
When I was a teenager, I also listened to my music loud. But nothing like my friends. They’d blast the music so loud your ears would ring for an hour after leaving the room. I became very aware that loud music could damage your hearing. I started to know more and more adults who had major hearing loss due to loud noise in the workplace. And I took considerable measures to avoid any noises that could cause hearing loss.
Unfortunately, I didn’t take those measures as a young child. But thankfully, a stereo was not available, so I didn’t blast my hearing away before I became aware of the danger. That doesn’t mean I didn’t do stupid things.
I had a very early remote control car toy. This was prior to any radio control cars. I’m not sure how many of you remember TV remotes prior to the infrared variety today. Do you remember the old TV remotes that worked on loud clicks? You’d just click and the TV would change. It would work using ultrasonics. In case anyone is interested, that’s why TV remotes are called clickers.
Anyway, the remote for the car worked on the same fashion. When the remote was clicked, the car would do something different. I was just old enough to read and the remote had a warning. Not to use the remote close to the ears or you could suffer hearing loss. So what did I do? I put it against my ear and went around for days clicking that remote.
I really didn’t think it caused that much damage. For a while during my teenage years, I thought I had dog hearing. I could hear very very well, with the ability to hear frequencies above those many could. Even today I can hear higher frequencies. But I’m finding it hard to hear people. Many times I have to ask them more than once what they said. I miss large parts of conversations. It has gotten so bad, it’s a running joke with Skyprincess. Along with my bad eyesight, I’m a real piece of work.
Some time next year, I’ll probably get a hearing checkup to make sure I’m okay. We are first going to do an ear canal cleansing and see if that works. And no, I’m not going to burn those ear wax candles that is pure B.S. They are just sold to foolish people wanting to have some new age cure. It doesn’t work people!
Well... time to go. SciFi Friday is about to start. Chat later!
Mizike
When I was young, my parents would always tell me to turn down the TV. They’d always shout that ‘You’re not hard of hearing, turn that damn thing down.’ And they were right. I could hear it just fine at a lower level than when it was turned up loud.
I just enjoyed it loud. Loud sounds can have a physical affect on the body. It was much more enjoyable for me listening to the TV or to music loud.
When I was a teenager, I also listened to my music loud. But nothing like my friends. They’d blast the music so loud your ears would ring for an hour after leaving the room. I became very aware that loud music could damage your hearing. I started to know more and more adults who had major hearing loss due to loud noise in the workplace. And I took considerable measures to avoid any noises that could cause hearing loss.
Unfortunately, I didn’t take those measures as a young child. But thankfully, a stereo was not available, so I didn’t blast my hearing away before I became aware of the danger. That doesn’t mean I didn’t do stupid things.
I had a very early remote control car toy. This was prior to any radio control cars. I’m not sure how many of you remember TV remotes prior to the infrared variety today. Do you remember the old TV remotes that worked on loud clicks? You’d just click and the TV would change. It would work using ultrasonics. In case anyone is interested, that’s why TV remotes are called clickers.
Anyway, the remote for the car worked on the same fashion. When the remote was clicked, the car would do something different. I was just old enough to read and the remote had a warning. Not to use the remote close to the ears or you could suffer hearing loss. So what did I do? I put it against my ear and went around for days clicking that remote.
I really didn’t think it caused that much damage. For a while during my teenage years, I thought I had dog hearing. I could hear very very well, with the ability to hear frequencies above those many could. Even today I can hear higher frequencies. But I’m finding it hard to hear people. Many times I have to ask them more than once what they said. I miss large parts of conversations. It has gotten so bad, it’s a running joke with Skyprincess. Along with my bad eyesight, I’m a real piece of work.
Some time next year, I’ll probably get a hearing checkup to make sure I’m okay. We are first going to do an ear canal cleansing and see if that works. And no, I’m not going to burn those ear wax candles that is pure B.S. They are just sold to foolish people wanting to have some new age cure. It doesn’t work people!
Well... time to go. SciFi Friday is about to start. Chat later!
Mizike
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