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The future of my hearing

One day I know my hearing will not be as keen as it is now. I'm not forecasting a huge hearing loss but I realize highs and lows may not be as dynamic and intelligibility may be an issue. The sad fact is I, and all of you, will have some hearing loss. I wonder if my hearing change will affect my equipment likes or my love of certain types of music. For those of you who experienced a hearing change, how has a hearing change affected your listening pleasure? How did you have to compensate for hearing changes? Also, if your listening pleasure diminished did you change your system? Sorry if this topic seems negative but it is, with a few exceptions, reality for all of us if we live past our late 60's. I want to know what others have experienced.
rayd
eldartford
4,262 posts
 
It's gradual, and won't really bother you.

Look at the up side...you can do without a tweeter, and enjoy the supposed benefits of a single-driver speaker.
jaybo
4,478 posts
 
my hearing left the day i was married. its actually a blessing.
usblues
1,216 posts
 
The old saying is true.Its best to go through life with one eye and one ear closed.....good one Jaybo....
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lokie
511 posts
 
Sell the super tweater and buy a super sub.
markphd
667 posts
 
I find that the loss of hearing in my advancing years, although real, is gradual. I don't really notice it too much other than in conversations with soft spoken people.

With respect to high frequency hearing loss, there are some interesting developments in newer digital hearing aids specifically desinged to try to compensate for this.

I think that what is going to happen is that a hearing aid is going to become one of my system's components to be matched and tweaked along with everything else.
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