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rbstoops

rbstoops

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Hey everybody, I've been kind of quiet lately. I got some shocking news and I had to give it some time to sink in. I have been wearing hearing aids since 1994, at the time I was 34 yrs old. Not a big deal, I just took it in stride and on with my life. Fast forward to present time. For the last couple of years I've been having problems with just everyday things, talking on the phone, hearing the tv or just talking to people in general. Two months ago I was driving in the city and I was at a stop light waiting for the green light, when it turned green I proceeded through the intersection and when I looked to my right a ambulance was coming right at me, I hit my brakes and the ambulance swerved to miss me and I think the driver was giving me a few choice words as he went by, anyway, I look at my passenger and said "he should have his siren on" and my passenger said that he did! I couldn't believe it. So that prompted me to go have a couple of hearing test done. The first one I went to after the test the guy told me that I was no longer a candidate for hearing aids, he then started tearing up and said that he never had to tell anyone what he was about to tell me, he said that I was going deaf and that I better go see a ENT asap. My second test came out the same with a different technician except she gave me a word recognition test and I only got 31% of the words right. I'm going to two more specialist in the next month to see if I might be a candidate for cochlear implants.

According to my audiomety from my tests the first two low tones I hear normal and after that the next seven tones flat-line below the 100dB mark, they wont test me above 100dB for fear of damaging my ears more. I'm not hearing any mid to high tones.

My wife has told me when I have my headset on when detecting she can hear the tones while standing 20-30 feet away. I can still hear the high tones (I think) and I guess I'll just start going after all those low tones, maybe I'll hit some gold.

Anyway, just wanted to let everyone know what's going on, I'm not giving up detecting as long as I can hear the tones, even if it's just the low tones.

I would like to hear from others that have hearing loss and how they are coping with it.
 
Sorry your having these problems. My only hearing loss is self inflicted through power tools and explosions. On the plus side I have heard of vibrating or led lights used on metal detectors for the hearing impaired. So at least you could still detect if you wanted. Best of luck and I hope you get it sorted out.
 
That is lousy news. In fact that Sux. Hope the ENT's can help you. Thankfully hearing aids can still allow me to hear fairly well. Audiologist tells me that i have profound hearing loss. Too many years with too much noise beating on my ear drums.
 
I too having some hearing loss from construction work when I was younger.
You may not have to quit MDing with the new TID screens. Where one can learn every nuance of what the detector is trying to tell you by the numbers alone.

Sorry you’re going through this. Try to stay positive and focus on the good things in your life.
Best of luck to you.
 
That is really tough news RB, no minimizing it.

But I wouldn't think for a moment that it would mean you'd even be slowed down in MDing. There have to be solutions out there!

The carrot communicates through vibrations ... I wonder if that's something that could be adapted. Also a quick search turned up these...
https://www.good.is/articles/headphones-for-the-deaf
https://newatlas.com/outer-ear-deaf-vibration-device/14267/
There are lots of bluetooth vibrating devices... including something called "bone conduction headphones" that can be used by people with normal or impaired hearing.
Doesn't the Deus bluetooth to its headphones? Maybe it could just as easily connect to one of those devices.

And I'm not brilliant at this sort of thing, but I remember playing with a set of cheap Radio Scrap headphones when I was a kid - took the cover off and put the "cone" right on my skin. Sound pretty much gone, all I felt was a vibration. I bet a 1/4 jack could get wired right to a speaker you could strap to your wrist. Maybe right to the grip of your detector!

There's gotta be other hearing-impaired MDers out there! Stay strong!
 
Sorry to hear that, and while there are non-audio (display numbers, vibration, lights) ways to detect, I really hope they can solve your problem to help your hearing, please keep us updated how it goes.

I've thought about getting a hearing aid sometimes as occasionally I'll have to have my wife repeat herself, it's not that I don't usually hear her, but that I sometimes can't clearly make out the words she is saying and think she will have said something else.
 
A detector that vibrates on a signal above discrimination setting is the Makro Racer , cost $499 new, maybe $350 used.

There are detectors with only 1 tone that are fairly low in pitch. There are detectors with
3+ tone options that can be set to lowest single pitch, or even multi-pitch detectors that have a control to have all pitches lower.

You could get some headphones for $50 or less that are 32 ohms with 2 volume controls and they have SPL (sound pressure level) of 105 db. Whichever ear starts hurting first is the one with the most damage. I've had repeated hard wax build-up
that builds up to the point that I can't hear some letters in speech and I don't doubt it
affects detecting.

My general practitioner is very good at removing my wax build-up, then seeing a ear drum infection and giving me amoxocillin for 7-10 days. He can't sell hearing aids, he can't do ear operations, so he does what is cheap, painless, & effective. Best wishes.
 
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Bummer! Since reading your news....You know what I've been thinking? Maybe somebody here can help? Theres people with some skills here...

I bet somebody has the capability of inventing a headband kind of thing, fits into the front of a ball cap even, or around your head like a sweatband that tennis players wear......

Has small vibrating pads affixed to it in different locations.....lets say 3 of them, so the low tone vibrates over your left eye, mid tone in the middle of your forehead,, and high tones over your right eye...?

This should be something that would work very well and keep you in the field!...sound is just vibrations anyway...so hey...possible?

Heck...it would be a nice option for people that have perfect hearing and want to hear whats going on around them while they hunt...?..Probably work better than a set of headphones..especially on windy days or in the heat of Summer anyhow...

Chin up Brother!........
 
Sorry for what you must be going through. I too have hearing aids. I know my sister had ear surgery and things went well for her .. wishing you the best
 
ArthurEvans said:
That is really tough news RB, no minimizing it.

But I wouldn't think for a moment that it would mean you'd even be slowed down in MDing. There have to be solutions out there!

The carrot communicates through vibrations ... I wonder if that's something that could be adapted. Also a quick search turned up these...
https://www.good.is/articles/headphones-for-the-deaf
https://newatlas.com/outer-ear-deaf-vibration-device/14267/
There are lots of bluetooth vibrating devices... including something called "bone conduction headphones" that can be used by people with normal or impaired hearing.
Doesn't the Deus bluetooth to its headphones? Maybe it could just as easily connect to one of those devices.

And I'm not brilliant at this sort of thing, but I remember playing with a set of cheap Radio Scrap headphones when I was a kid - took the cover off and put the "cone" right on my skin. Sound pretty much gone, all I felt was a vibration. I bet a 1/4 jack could get wired right to a speaker you could strap to your wrist. Maybe right to the grip of your detector!

There's gotta be other hearing-impaired MDers out there! Stay strong!
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Both of my test they did a bone conduction test and I had no response to any of the sound levels, in fact the first test when he set the dB at about 120 dB I didn't hear anything but I felt the vibration of the speaker which was kind of weird. The links that you posted are very interesting.

If I get the implant, a lot of them have blue-tooth so maybe I could come up with something along that line. Craig sent me a message that had a link for a vibrating unit that looks very promising.
 
Mud-puppy said:
Bummer! Since reading your news....You know what I've been thinking? Maybe somebody here can help? Theres people with some skills here...

I bet somebody has the capability of inventing a headband kind of thing, fits into the front of a ball cap even, or around your head like a sweatband that tennis players wear......

Has small vibrating pads affixed to it in different locations.....lets say 3 of them, so the low tone vibrates over your left eye, mid tone in the middle of your forehead,, and high tones over your right eye...?

This should be something that would work very well and keep you in the field!...sound is just vibrations anyway...so hey...possible?

Heck...it would be a nice option for people that have perfect hearing and want to hear whats going on around them while they hunt...?..Probably work better than a set of headphones..especially on windy days or in the heat of Summer anyhow...

Chin up Brother!........
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Don't worry, I'm no where near giving up. I know there will be ways to adapt to this. I will have to go through a new learning process and that doesn't scare me.
 
Stay strong brother. Some of the Nokta/Makro detectors (most?) have vibrators in the handles. This will not solve your medical problem but at the very least, you can continue to enjoy your time off. I spent my youth playing with explosives and machine guns so I'm part way there myself. I wish you the best.
Happy hunting
 
I don't have a hearing loss -but I did teach deaf students early in my teaching career. I guess I would say that you can/will continue to develop some strategies that would compensate for your hearing loss. We wish you the best.
 
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