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Old 6th October 2005   #9
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Originally Posted by hociman
I can sympathize. I caught some kind of virus 13 months ago and the congestion hasn't gone away. I wish there was a surgical procedure where they could put a vaccuum in the eustachian tube and just suck that stuff out. As for the different perceptions in each ear, I've got that too. Funny thing about it is that the ear I think is "better" actually doesn't test better. I've also been told my hearing is average. What is average? Without my test results in front of me, I might botch this description, but if your hearing threshold is above the -20 line, your hearing is average. If that truck that has hearing tests is at AES, I'll get it checked, though I showed those results to my ENT earlier this year and he said it was worth a grain of salt.

-20 yeah. I have some measured loss around 4k, but that's pretty typical for musicians (especially ones who didnt wear earplugs for years). 4-5k goes first, not the high end, which most ppl tend to think. I could live with high end loss, but low end loss is depessing. Also, i knew someone with a -60dB loss at 3k. That's insane! try that on your EQ...
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