Anyone know of this hearing issue?

[imported_goku]

My mother has always thought that she has had bad hearing but I'm starting to think otherwise, mainly because I'm beginning to exhbit this issue Basically if you're in a crowded restaurant and there is lots of chatting, she has a very difficult time deciphering one's voice during a conversation. Basically speaking it's hard to have a normal conversation during situtations as mentioned above because the speaker's voice is seemingly drowned out by all the other noise.

Anyone ever heard of this? Maybe her hearing is alright? Just seems like others can conduct a normal conversation in a noisy area while we can't, with ease at least.

 

[jhayx7]

Very normal, I am starting to have that issue.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

I believe that's called "Getting older"

- M4H

 

[Dunbar]

It's normal, however the more hearing loss you have the more of an issue this becomes. If you didn't have a problem in this situation before than obviously something has changed, most likely you have lost more hearing. Wouldn't hurt to get your hearing checked.

BTW, it is amazing to me how loud some restaurants have become.

 

[JulesMaximus]

What? Did you say something?

 

[imported_goku]

The thing is though, I don't believe it's hearing loss as all hearing tests I've taken I've passed quite easily. Infact I've got fairly decent hearing, even my mom has pretty decent hearing, though it has obviously degredated, it seems like an issue of deciphering out sounds. It feels like the equivalent of talking during a rock concert.

 

[pontifex]

learn to pay attention

 

[MrWizzard]

That is a form of hearing loss, I have a little bit of this where there will be a type of noise in the background that makes it hard to understand what the person says.

Losing your hearing isn't necessarily not being able to hear the sound but also not being able to make out what they are saying.

I have heard it's actually more common for people to still be able to hear but they can't make out what the people are saying anymore.

 

[techs]

I have the same problem. My hearing has been tested and I have mild sensori-neural hearing loss. My doctor says I am far from needing a hearing aid, but since my loss in the area of the spoken voice I have difficulty understanding others words when in a noisy environment.
I have noticed that if I am looking directly at the person I can understand them much better, I think with time I have learned to actually do a combo of lip reading and hearing.

 

[Heisenberg]

Yeah, it's a form of hearing loss I believe. Has she been to a specialist to get checked?

 

[randay]

open your ears.

 

[eLiTeGoodGuy]

normal. I've been that way for the past 5 years or so, I'm only 26 . I can't understand a word anyone is saying when I am in an area with anykind of background noise. It could be elevator music and I have a hard time making out what someone is saying next to me.

 

[Dunbar]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
Yeah, it's a form of hearing loss I believe. Has she been to a specialist to get checked?

It's not so much a form of hearing loss but a symptom. Most people think hearing loss is just someone "going def" but it is much more gradual than that. They think because they can have normal conversations or don't have to turn the TV up really loud their hearing is fine. But one of the early symptoms is having difficulty understanding people when there is background noise. It is important to recognize this early on and prevent further hearing loss. Of course, if the OP's hearing checks out fine than it must be something else.

 

[SilthDraeth]

Originally posted by: eLiTeGoodGuy
normal. I've been that way for the past 5 years or so, I'm only 26 . I can't understand a word anyone is saying when I am in an area with anykind of background noise. It could be elevator music and I have a hard time making out what someone is saying next to me.

Me too. Well I turn 26 April 15th 2007.

 

[Rubycon]

Sounds like a corrupt MIMS (Missing Information Matrix System) out of program 287.

This is correctable with a sectorial reload.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

payattentiondumbassitis