Comments on: Music and Low Frequency Hearing http://www.sarasera.com/2009/03/music-and-low-frequency-hearing/ The Era of Sara... Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:47:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sara http://www.sarasera.com/2009/03/music-and-low-frequency-hearing/comment-page-1/#comment-4175 Sara Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:17:22 +0000 http://www.sarasera.com/?p=78#comment-4175 Hey Charles, There are web sites and even iPhone apps that you can use to test your own hearing informally. Many people suffer a mild loss in their high frequencies even in their 20s. Hey Charles,
There are web sites and even iPhone apps that you can use to test your own hearing informally. Many people suffer a mild loss in their high frequencies even in their 20s.

]]> By: Charles Andrew http://www.sarasera.com/2009/03/music-and-low-frequency-hearing/comment-page-1/#comment-4174 Charles Andrew Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:55:26 +0000 http://www.sarasera.com/?p=78#comment-4174 wow this is an eye opener.. I always had this problem when I used to listen to music which the headphones on, and felt that one side is not working. I am wondering if this could be because I am starting to hear less from one ear. I guess I should speak to an alert one medical alarm operator? Do you think I could need an hearing aid when I am just 28. wow this is an eye opener.. I always had this problem when I used to listen to music which the headphones on, and felt that one side is not working. I am wondering if this could be because I am starting to hear less from one ear. I guess I should speak to an alert one medical alarm operator? Do you think I could need an hearing aid when I am just 28.

]]> By: george http://www.sarasera.com/2009/03/music-and-low-frequency-hearing/comment-page-1/#comment-1746 george Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:28:04 +0000 http://www.sarasera.com/?p=78#comment-1746 awesome post dude, i hear less with one ear then the other, my hearing gets weird after about 10 000, in my left ear, and with my right ear i can hear up to 12 000. its pretty weird when you can hear something in one ear but not the other. lucky enough for me, those high frequencies dont really affect me. i am 25 awesome post dude, i hear less with one ear then the other, my hearing gets weird after about 10 000, in my left ear, and with my right ear i can hear up to 12 000. its pretty weird when you can hear something in one ear but not the other.
lucky enough for me, those high frequencies dont really affect me. i am 25

]]> By: kim (faceme) http://www.sarasera.com/2009/03/music-and-low-frequency-hearing/comment-page-1/#comment-116 kim (faceme) Sat, 07 Mar 2009 05:22:13 +0000 http://www.sarasera.com/?p=78#comment-116 I posted something on this awhile back with a chart that shows the frequency range of most instruments. Thought you'd be interested. I also have good low tones. Used to play the piano for years and years. http://faceme.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/deaf-music/ I have near perfect low tones, but am deaf above 2000 hertz. Between 1000-2000 I've got a severe hearing loss, and can still hear middle C with hearing aids. However sound distorts quickly the higher on the keyboard one goes to the point I may only hear/feel a click. So I no longer play. It makes me crazy when I know I'm hitting the right notes, but they sound all wrong or make no sound at all. I don't quite qualify for a CI yet, but qualified for the experimental hybrid. Yeah-- it's ALL about speech comprehension and actually I hear lots of music pretty well still, which is why I'm not sold on the hybrid. I posted something on this awhile back with a chart that shows the frequency range of most instruments. Thought you’d be interested. I also have good low tones. Used to play the piano for years and years.

http://faceme.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/deaf-music/

I have near perfect low tones, but am deaf above 2000 hertz. Between 1000-2000 I’ve got a severe hearing loss, and can still hear middle C with hearing aids. However sound distorts quickly the higher on the keyboard one goes to the point I may only hear/feel a click. So I no longer play. It makes me crazy when I know I’m hitting the right notes, but they sound all wrong or make no sound at all. I don’t quite qualify for a CI yet, but qualified for the experimental hybrid.

Yeah– it’s ALL about speech comprehension and actually I hear lots of music pretty well still, which is why I’m not sold on the hybrid.

]]> By: Eric http://www.sarasera.com/2009/03/music-and-low-frequency-hearing/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Eric Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:34:09 +0000 http://www.sarasera.com/?p=78#comment-115 Sara, Thank you so much for sharing your story/journey on this blog. I stumble across this by chance surfing for additional info on hybrid cochlear implants. You and I have many things in common and I am definitely interesting in following you progress with getting a CI. I am a 45 y.o. physician living in Biloxi, MS with onset of gradual ski slope hearing loss; almost all of my loss is greater than 1,000hz. The loss started about age 39 but I didn't realize it until about three years ago. I now have to read lips. I have a completely in canal aids but DO NOT wear them...they really don't help with senorineural hearing loss. I go for my yearly audiogram this Thursday and will probably bite the bullet and get BTE's. There is more and more info coming in on the trials of the hybrid implant. I have contacted Dr. Bruce Gantz in Iowa (a pioneer in the hybrid CI) and he is doing trials on the Cochlear Americas product. It seems to me that both products are good. Right now, I don't qualify for the study and in fact I would be considered only moderately impaired at this point. My loss is progressing however, and I do procedures in an operating room type environment where everyone but the patient wears a mask...so you know how difficult communication becomes. I am probably going to try to read lips and try a BTE for another 1-2 years, before proceding with a hybrid implant. Your story gives me hope. I love skiing and my son and I are flying out next Sunday for Powder Mtn, Utah for a week of skiing. I try to ski once a year. I hate that I can't hear people on the lifts now. I also worry that skiing may be curtailed with an implant although I have never heard of any contraindications (?). I have grieved the loss of my hearing for the past several years and have become more isolated from social events. I love music (going to see Ben Folds in Mobile in April) and the thought of life without sound quite frankly scares me. Most days, however, I would kill just to hear the human voice adequately to function. Again, thanks for sharing your story. Eric Sara,
Thank you so much for sharing your story/journey on this blog. I stumble across this by chance surfing for additional info on hybrid cochlear implants. You and I have many things in common and I am definitely interesting in following you progress with getting a CI. I am a 45 y.o. physician living in Biloxi, MS with onset of gradual ski slope hearing loss; almost all of my loss is greater than 1,000hz. The loss started about age 39 but I didn’t realize it until about three years ago. I now have to read lips. I have a completely in canal aids but DO NOT wear them…they really don’t help with senorineural hearing loss. I go for my yearly audiogram this Thursday and will probably bite the bullet and get BTE’s.

There is more and more info coming in on the trials of the hybrid implant. I have contacted Dr. Bruce Gantz in Iowa (a pioneer in the hybrid CI) and he is doing trials on the Cochlear Americas product. It seems to me that both products are good. Right now, I don’t qualify for the study and in fact I would be considered only moderately impaired at this point. My loss is progressing however, and I do procedures in an operating room type environment where everyone but the patient wears a mask…so you know how difficult communication becomes. I am probably going to try to read lips and try a BTE for another 1-2 years, before proceding with a hybrid implant. Your story gives me hope.

I love skiing and my son and I are flying out next Sunday for Powder Mtn, Utah for a week of skiing. I try to ski once a year. I hate that I can’t hear people on the lifts now. I also worry that skiing may be curtailed with an implant although I have never heard of any contraindications (?).

I have grieved the loss of my hearing for the past several years and have become more isolated from social events. I love music (going to see Ben Folds in Mobile in April) and the thought of life without sound quite frankly scares me. Most days, however, I would kill just to hear the human voice adequately to function.

Again, thanks for sharing your story.

Eric

]]> By: Sara http://www.sarasera.com/2009/03/music-and-low-frequency-hearing/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Sara Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:15:25 +0000 http://www.sarasera.com/?p=78#comment-113 That's what I'm planning to do. I'm glad it's working well with your son! That’s what I’m planning to do. I’m glad it’s working well with your son!

]]> By: Julia http://www.sarasera.com/2009/03/music-and-low-frequency-hearing/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Julia Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:56:52 +0000 http://www.sarasera.com/?p=78#comment-109 Would a CI in one ear and a HA in the other work for you? That's what my (16 month old) son has. He had a decent low-frequency aided response in his left, so we opted to implant only the right. That way we preserve the continuous low-frequency hearing. He's doing really well with the combination, and already showing signs of enjoying music. Would a CI in one ear and a HA in the other work for you? That’s what my (16 month old) son has. He had a decent low-frequency aided response in his left, so we opted to implant only the right. That way we preserve the continuous low-frequency hearing. He’s doing really well with the combination, and already showing signs of enjoying music.

]]> By: Sara http://www.sarasera.com/2009/03/music-and-low-frequency-hearing/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Sara Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:13:35 +0000 http://www.sarasera.com/?p=78#comment-104 Wow! What an interesting post. I love this, it makes me understand more about your hearing. I don't really know much about CI or new technology, so this is all very intriguing and new to me. You put it in such easy to understand comparisons. :) Nice coincidence that your boss asked about that and then you got the packet. <abbr><em>Sara’s last blog post: <a href="http://aslbunny.blogspot.com/2009/02/well-i-decided-to-talk-about-why-i.html" rel="nofollow"></a></abbr></em> Wow! What an interesting post. I love this, it makes me understand more about your hearing. I don’t really know much about CI or new technology, so this is all very intriguing and new to me. You put it in such easy to understand comparisons. :)

Nice coincidence that your boss asked about that and then you got the packet.

Sara’s last blog post:

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