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Another hearing loss thread

A fellow Audiogoner is currently selling a top-notch piece of equipment for the reason that he has lost his hearing. This is the saddest thing I've heard so far today. We grow up loving music and listening to it on inferior equipment. We work hard until we reach our 40's and 50's and are finally able to afford excellent equipment, only to have our hearing decline, sometimes gradually and sometimes shockingly abruptly. I am in my early 50's and I have become aware of mild high frequency loss on one side only. I am looking forward to the time when there are better solutions.
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tostadosunidos
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Financial priorities change with age. But I'm 62 and still willing to upgrade, although most would regard my system as mid-fi. My upper frequency hearing has been diminished (according to testing) since I was in my 40's but I can still distinguish fine levels of difference in sound production and reproduction. If and when that goes I won't have to bother with the next upgrade, I suppose. Do what's right for the situation you're presently in, I reckon. Nothing is forever.

BTW, Czarivey, some folks are wary of the effect of present-day pot on aging lungs. It's a young man's game.
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tostadosunidos
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Czarivey, Willie had trouble breathing at high altitude a couple of years back and had a collapsed lung 20 years ago. I admire his fortitude and tenacity but I don't think he's a poster child for smokers. Not everyone has his strong constitution.
Anyway, I think the occasional toe in the waters is fine but I don't recommend it on a daily basis.
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