Advice on how to liquidate system


Few weeks ago, I sustained traumatic blast induced hearing loss during a training incident. The level of hearing loss and tinnitus is pretty bad, I’ve had only a minimal level of improvement. midrange and upper frequencies sound like a 1970’s transistor radio. Horrible. The reality of the situation is looking like my audiophile days are pretty much over. Now I’m thinking of what to do with the gear…the thought of dismantling my rig and selling piece by piece is nauseating. Are there any resources that would come in and take it all? At this point I really don’t give a crap about being lowballed, it’s aggravating to look at what Ive put so much time and effort into and not be able to enjoy it. I need to move on.  

 

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Erik thanks. I’m open to all solutions, what’s going on here is multifaceted. midrange and upper frequencies sound static and harsh. My right ear sounds like there’s a fax machine in it and the left ear sounds like Im wearing a 30db earplug.
I’m using a coupe of tinnitus apps to mitigate the fax machine going off 24/7 in my head and I’m bio-hacking with magnesium / NAC / ginko for what it’s worth…collectively it offers some relief.

Who is responsible for the accident? Sustained on the job? Sounds like you need a Lawyer who can get you proper compensation including the cost of your system which may be useless to you now. Good luck

Don't sell your system for a year, you never know what tomorrow may bring. 

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I’m with the don’t sell crowd.  First, you have inflation which will make it less painful to wait.  Second, what you are going through is tragic and I’m sure depressing, but time is very important.  You are having a much more difficult time than myself and there is no way to compare our hearing, but my tinnitus is always present and since birth.  Occasionally, it sounds like there is an ambulance in my driveway.  Aging has further destroyed my ability to understand speech.  Two characteristics here, one is a condition that I have always had and the second is a conditioned that slowly caused hearing degeneration.  In any case, I still enjoy listening to music, but I have changed my listening taste due to my inability to understand lyrics.  I now listen to alot of Korean vocals and will probably take in more varied music.

Assuming that your loss isn’t close to total, time will allow for some healing, but more important it will allow you to adapt to a new normal.  Right now, your hearing loss is just a reminder of what you could hear in the past.  Give it some time.