[wae5]

Read it anyway:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/12/fa...ring.html?8dpc

Loud music (85 Db+) takes a power mower to the tiny hairs in your inner ear that are absolutely essential for hearing.

Given the choice most people prefer being blind rather than deaf because when you're blind you can still communicate with other people.

I'm sorry, mind repeating that, please?

 

[rbui]

Quote:

Such devices [hearing aids] are akin to sexy underwear. “No one knows you’re wearing it unless you want them to,” said Mr. Wilson of Oticon.

If only that could hold true to headphones as well

 

[nibiyabi]

Quote:

Originally Posted by wae5 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Given the choice most people prefer being blind rather than deaf because when you're blind you can still communicate with other people.

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showth...ght=deaf+blind

Not even audiophiles think that way (myself excluded) -- I imagine the general public would probably be somewhere between a 95/5 and 98/2 split in favor of seeing.

 

[wae5]

I am just as deaf as I am blind. The problems
of deafness are deeper and more complex,
If not more important, than those of blindness.
Deafness is a much worse misfortune. For it
means the loss of the most vital stimulus - the
sound of the voice that brings language, sets
thoughts astir, and keeps us in the intellectual
company of man.

- Helen Keller

I found that here:

http://www.afb.org/message_board_rep...872&FolderID=3


I was almost completely deaf for 2 years but regained all of my hearing except for some very mild and intermittent tinnitus in my right ear. Because of this I'm very protective of my hearing, however, like most of us, I value my sight just as much as my hearing. Because Ms. Keller intimately experienced the depths of being both deaf and blind, I think she has important things to say that may surprise some of us who can only speculate what it would be like to be either deaf or blind or even be both deaf and blind.

 

[Towert7]

Yup, there's a lot of kookes out there that were not taught to care about themselves, and in the process they hurt others as well (I'm mostly talking about those who play loud bass in their cars). Very sad that we live in a world where people are so dumb.

 

[riceboy]

Quote:

Originally Posted by wae5 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I am just as deaf as I am blind. The problems of deafness are deeper and more complex, If not more important, than those of blindness. Deafness is a much worse misfortune. For it means the loss of the most vital stimulus - the sound of the voice that brings language, sets thoughts astir, and keeps us in the intellectual company of man. - Helen Keller I found that here: http://www.afb.org/message_board_rep...872&FolderID=3 I was almost completely deaf for 2 years but regained all of my hearing except for some very mild and intermittent tinnitus in my right ear. Because of this I'm very protective of my hearing, however, like most of us, I value my sight just as much as my hearing. Because Ms. Keller intimately experienced the depths of being both deaf and blind, I think she has important things to say that may surprise some of us who can only speculate what it would be like to be either deaf or blind or be both deaf and blind.

Thanks for sharing your experience. I just really started to think seriously about my hearing recently. Went out and brought an SPL meter and reading medical journals on protecting ones hearing. Don't want to go into a lot of detail, but now more than ever I would like to protect my hearing as much as possible. As the article stated that old rockers still like to hear it loud, I do as well, but in this hobby and more importantly in life, my hearing is to precious to take a chance on. Thanks to members in head-fi and posts like these, I become more aware and reminded about taking care of my hearing.

 

[Dept_of_Alchemy]

Quote:

Originally Posted by nibiyabi /img/forum/go_quote.gif http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showth...ght=deaf+blind Not even audiophiles think that way (myself excluded) -- I imagine the general public would probably be somewhere between a 95/5 and 98/2 split in favor of seeing.

My wallet would rather me be deaf.

 

[MaloS]

You know, I am not sure how exactly hearing and such works with different headphone types, but I used to use UM2 for a while, and with them I found out something interesting.

I would put them in, turn the music to comfortable volume, and go off somewhere. Maybe on the bus, or when back home I had to take one of the ears off to hear someone talking to me, and at that moment I would always realize that the volume I am listening at is so low that as soon as one ear is open to the outside, I can't really hear the music anymore (well in my house I could, but it was not any louder than my fan at the window). I guess IEMs are the way to go, and I also in that sense prefer using closed isolating phones.

< gets back to waiting for Westone 3 >

 

[BrookR1]

"When you get old, there's not much worth hearing anyway because you've already heard everything 1,000 times."

Brook

 

[wae5]

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrookR1 /img/forum/go_quote.gif "When you get old, there's not much worth hearing anyway because you've already heard everything 1,000 times." Brook

Surely you jest! I spent most of my life wallowing in music that abruptly ended with Mahler plus the English/Scandinavian neo romantics. After 40+ years of safe music (Mahler's hardly safe) I'm so glad I finally woke up to the miraculously raucous music makers of the mid/late 20th century and thus saved the very best for last. I'm just beginning to appreciate what they're all about (tonal boredom!) and dearly love them for it! Elliott Carter rules!