Hearing loss. How much do you care about your ability to hear?

I wear hearing protection at work, and at home during yard work, home repairs, etc. I think it's important. I care, a lot.

I've had hearing loss in some form ever since my AF days. Wear hearing aids as necessary in situations with a lot of ambient noise. This hearing loss does not however keep me from telling the difference between a fair, good and awesome sounding system. At least to my ears. Fwiw

I rather lose my speech then my hearing.  I sure don't need to talk when  listening to good music.  Kidding aside, hearing is very important to me.  I spend few hours each day just listen to music.  Without it I would go insane.

Lately I've noticed the center image is no longer center.  It has shifted to the right.  I have to use the balance control to compensate for this.  Does this mean my left hearing is deteriorating and I should see an audiologist?

So far so good!

I listen as much as I can. 

Nobody knows how long we have got...

Hearing loss to extreme loudness is a given - so be careful and rest your ears.

Hearing loss from age or infection is also a given ...few get to a ripe old age without some hearing loss.

So enjoy your gift of hearing as much as possible....

My hearing has been affected by high level headphone use in my earlier years. Nothing too serious, but it has affected my high frequency discernment. Audiologist testing said I was OK, but I disagree. I know I have a slight degradation in one of my ears.
Now, I listen at low to mid volume and try to preserve what I still have left.
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