Quite scary really, I always thought I was hearing traffic noise the way it really is, but it appears I was wrong. I got fitted with hearing aids yesterday which are designed to correct my lack of high frequency hearing. I used one of them on the way home this evening and was amazed at the amount of squealing, screeching and general high pitched mechanical noise is present in traffic sounds. Hearing it as it really is for the first time is quite unsettling.
I was pleased to discover that Ergo Levers sound just as positive and sweet as they did before, but with a little more clarity and that the bike is generally quiet apart from a pleasant sounding free wheel. Can I have my aids retuned to bike noises only please?
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Quite scary really, I always thought I was hearing traffic noise the way it really is, but it appears I was wrong. I got fitted with hearing aids yesterday which are designed to correct my lack of high frequency hearing. I used one of them on the way home this evening and was amazed at the amount of squealing, screeching and general high pitched mechanical noise is present in traffic sounds. Hearing it as it really is for the first time is quite unsettling.
Same thing happened to me after getting my ears syringed, your ears will soon adjust their attenuation to allow for the increase in noise.
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Quite scary really, I always thought I was hearing traffic noise the way it really is, but it appears I was wrong. I got fitted with hearing aids yesterday which are designed to correct my lack of high frequency hearing. I used one of them on the way home this evening and was amazed at the amount of squealing, screeching and general high pitched mechanical noise is present in traffic sounds. Hearing it as it really is for the first time is quite unsettling.
I very rearly wear my hearing aids outside, wind noise alone negates any gain that they might give. My hearing loss is in the low frequencies though, so YMMV. Mind you, I don't wear them nearly as much as I should according to SWMBO 🙂 'sorry dear, you want me to what the lawn' 😄 -- .paul
If at first you don't succeed... Skydiving is probably not the sport for you.
I very rearly wear my hearing aids outside, wind noise alone negates any gain that they might give. My hearing loss is in the low frequencies though, so YMMV. Mind you, I don't wear them nearly as much as I should according to SWMBO 🙂 'sorry dear, you want me to what the lawn' 😄
FWIW In cold weather I wear a balaclava and the _lack of_ noise from air rushing past the lugs is wonderful. For those of us who enjoy the pleasures of the countryside this is a great bonus - but hardly what the cool cyclist wears in the summer.
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Quite scary really, I always thought I was hearing traffic noise the way it really is, but it appears I was wrong. I got fitted with hearing aids yesterday which are designed to correct my lack of high frequency hearing. I used one of them on the way home this evening and was amazed at the amount of squealing, screeching and general high pitched mechanical noise is present in traffic sounds. Hearing it as it really is for the first time is quite unsettling.
Thanks for the replies, I have taken your advice to heart and decided that not wearing the aids will be the most practical solution. Wind noise is certainly a problem with them on. I can still hear the traffic rumbling along behind me just as before so I don't expect any unsettling moments as traffic suddenly appears beside me.
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Quite scary really, I always thought I was hearing traffic noise the way it really is, but it appears I was wrong. I got fitted with hearing aids yesterday which are designed to correct my lack of high frequency hearing. I used one of them on the way home this evening and was amazed at the amount of squealing, screeching and general high pitched mechanical noise is present in traffic sounds. Hearing it as it really is for the first time is quite unsettling.
Thanks for the replies, I have taken your advice to heart and decided that not wearing the aids will be the most practical solution. Wind noise is certainly a problem with them on. I can still hear the traffic rumbling along behind me just as before so I don't expect any unsettling moments as traffic suddenly appears beside me.
Terry Duckmanton
Another though, whenI've got my hearing aids in i loose all sence of dirctional hearing. confuses the hell out of me, and if on a bike, I'd never know where the cars were coming from 🙁 -- .paul
If at first you don't succeed... Skydiving is probably not the sport for you.
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Quite scary really, I always thought I was hearing traffic noise the way it really is, but it appears I was wrong. I got fitted with hearing aids yesterday which are designed to correct my lack of high frequency hearing. I used one of them on the way home this evening and was amazed at the amount of squealing, screeching and general high pitched mechanical noise is present in traffic sounds. Hearing it as it really is for the first time is quite unsettling.
Thanks for the replies, I have taken your advice to heart and decided that not wearing the aids will be the most practical solution. Wind noise is certainly a problem with them on. I can still hear the traffic rumbling along behind me just as before so I don't expect any unsettling moments as traffic suddenly appears beside me.
Terry Duckmanton
Another though, whenI've got my hearing aids in i loose all sence of dirctional hearing. confuses the hell out of me, and if on a bike, I'd never know where the cars were coming from 🙁
Yes, one of the mechanisms for directional hearing is that the curls of your ear reflect and amplify different frequencies depending on the direction, so a general in ear amplification would be quite likely to confuse this system.
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> Quite scary really, I always thought I was hearing > traffic noise the way it really is, but it appears I > was wrong. I got fitted with hearing aids yesterday > which are designed to correct my lack of high > frequency hearing. I used one of them on the way home > this evening and was amazed at the amount of > squealing, screeching and general high pitched > mechanical noise is present in traffic sounds. Hearing > it as it really is for the first time is quite > unsettling. >
Thanks for the replies, I have taken your advice to heart and decided that not wearing the aids will be the most practical solution. Wind noise is certainly a problem with them on. I can still hear the traffic rumbling along behind me just as before so I don't expect any unsettling moments as traffic suddenly appears beside me.
Terry Duckmanton
Another though, whenI've got my hearing aids in i loose all sence of dirctional hearing. confuses the hell out of me, and if on a bike, I'd never know where the cars were coming from 🙁
Yes, one of the mechanisms for directional hearing is that the curls of your ear reflect and amplify different frequencies depending on the direction, so a general in ear amplification would be quite likely to confuse this system.
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I didn't know that, I't always supposed it was a bit like binocular vision, but I'd never real sat down and thought about it. do you have any refrences I could follow up? -- .paul
If at first you don't succeed... Skydiving is probably not the sport for you.
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Another though, whenI've got my hearing aids in i loose all sence of dirctional hearing. confuses the hell out of me, and if on a bike, I'd never know where the cars were coming from 🙁
Yes, one of the mechanisms for directional hearing is that the curls of your ear reflect and amplify different frequencies depending on the direction, so a general in ear amplification would be quite likely to confuse this system.
I didn't know that, I't always supposed it was a bit like binocular vision, but I'd never real sat down and thought about it. do you have any refrences I could follow up?
I'm afraid not. It's something I learnt in a first year psychology class, and I could theoretically dig out the notes, but a web search reveals this: <url: music.no-music.no-Open ↗ rthwestern.edu/classes/3D/pages/dhPhyAcst.html >
