Thread: Hearing

I have a bit of hearing damage from when I spent part of my younger years in the 6th hauraki battalion pipe band from the noise of the bag pipes (can't stand the noise of those fucking things anymore) and through driving cabless tractors and working in cowsheds with noisy vacuum pumps coupled with shooting firearms with no ear muffs so I think I will definitely be going with a suppressor on my next rifle or get those sound sensitive earplugs.

Originally Posted by Dougie

These muffs are the bees knees, you'll never want to go back once you get some!!

Basically they are reactive (think: cool reactive welding helmets) where they only block the loud sounds. Like VC said you can turn them up too so that the base level you can hear is louder. Great for whispering to each other or whatever, it amplifies the quiter sounds. Then/if Greg pops one off with his bloody canon, you're ears all all lovely jubley as the muffs kick in and block the loud noise.

They are a nice comfy fit too and keep the listeners warm

Got a pic Dougie? I was just curious on the brand and how much. I have a set of electronic muffs but they are bulky and shit to be frank. Does Greg sell them? I am keen on a better set.

Originally Posted by Dougie

Thanks I reckon I need my beauty sleep more than ever lately, my shoulder keeps me up too (getting better now though).

Geez Dougie, sound like ya starting to falling apart there, has your warrantee run out

Yep defiantly some white noise helps with the sleeping. I find a fan on low good. Especially in summer;-)

I have Tinitus in my right ear, but not from shooting but rather not equalising properly while diving a few years back. My ear just never stopped ringing. It got real bad at one point soon after the actual 'incident' when I was cutting up rings with the chainsaw that I lost my equalibrium (internal balance) became very nauseous and damn near passed out. Luckily I was onto it enough to shut the machine of smart quick as it could of got messy.

Long story short and 4 specialists later I have perminent partial hearing loss (in the higher frequencies) and a constant dial tone in my ear. I have the same issue in crouds and bars where I cannot hear a damn thing especially with the fairer sex (I think due to the higher frequency they speak in, or a developed skill of selective hearing ).

I have learned to live with it and don't really notice it most of the time, but sometimes it agrivates me like when I am listening to the car radio, etc.

The frustrating thing is there really is not way to fix it that I have come across and all the specialist ever say is don't go diving any more...like hell thats gonna happen

Originally Posted by DAF

Geez Dougie, sound like ya starting to falling apart there, has your warrantee run out

I just hope the other half doesn't decide to upgrade to a younger model!!

Er Dave not sure, KiwiGreg - got some pics? I love those muffs! They were around $100 from memory??? GREG!!! WE WANT YOUR MUFF....S

Originally Posted by Dougie

I just hope the other half doesn't decide to upgrade to a younger model!!

Dougie it would be pretty difficult to upgrade to a younger model than you without running the risk of transgressing the law.

Try these

http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.n...nterested-547/

There is a pic of some dork wearing some way back in the thar trip thread and i think also Dougi e s first kills thread

Ok here's the real deal. I have 45% hearing in both ears, always have had it, same as my Brother same as Mum, who I guess we both inherited it from. It's called reflective hearing and is genitic. Luckily both of my kids have normal hearing. Mum and the Bro wear hearing aids all the time, me only when I can be bothered as I like my quite world. Hearing aids are a pain in the butt at pubs, parties etc as in my case the brain can not block out background noise as it has never heard it before. Many years ago I got tinitus and then I would get vertigo a few minutes later. My Doctor banned me from Diving yeah rite, I was working commercialy part time, banned me from Driving (Dick head) and from working on heights (Craftman Plumber as well ). I did a job for the police, a body retrival and the Doc got to hear about it. So he sent me to two differnet so call ear,nose throat specialist, Quacks more like it and with the same prognosis. My dive Boss told me of and Old Chap who had a practice in Remuera and suggested I see him. Are you still following me. Hear (PUN intended) is the real deal. MOST TINITUS CAN BE CURED. Bullshit I hear you say. Well $700 later he cured me. No Drugs no more restrictions, no more cotezone injections and no more vertigo and tinitus. What is also unbelievable is that I have shown others what the doc did for me and have had good results for most. If I now start to get tinitus I do a simple exercise and it is gone instant and I wont see it again for oh may be a year or so. Sadly I was one of his last patients as Noel has passed away, and obviously the new guys on the block haven't learnt from him. I dumped my Dive Doctor and scored a new one. When the new Doc read my notes he had nothing but good things to say about Noel and the library above his head contained a number of books written by him for diving medical related problems. My Uncle came down for the opening of trout fishing and told me of this dizziness and ringing in his ears he was having issues with. 2 weeks later, he rang and told me of having heaps of improvment. Noel Roydhouse was the Doctor and if googled maybe you can find help there or tell your specialists to look it up. If you where in my neck of the woods I would show and tell. Other symtons are grinding teeth when asleep and a clicky jaw. Whew

Describe said exercize please gapped axe

that sounds intresting i maybe keen. went to the hearing doc today told me what i already know. i smashed the little bones in my inner ear, after landing next to the road in a screaming heap. two options..an operation that prob wont work, and has the potential to make matters worse, or a tiny little hearing aid. i choose the latter.

I just googled Noel and found that he was a past president of the hearing Association from 1985 1988. I won't write about the exercize's as others may try and label me or try sue me for doing something that I'm not qualified to do, happy to talk 1 on1 about it as there is then no paper trail. I bet this page gets some hits. By the way Anybody google Noel Roydhouse

yip i did smart man is noel. i shall read up. thanks gapped axe... nice name by the way.

Originally Posted by sakokid

yip i did smart man is noel. i shall read up. thanks gapped axe... nice name by the way.

For some reason I always think of "the old axe wound" whenever I see his name. I must just be a dirty bastard. I have no idea what Gapped Axe is supposed to mean!