On Sat, 20 Feb 2021 13:46:41 -0000, "Ophelia" >
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>"dsi1" wrote in message
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>On Friday, February 19, 2021 at 11:57:58 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>> "dsi1" wrote in message
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>> On Friday, February 19, 2021 at 12:38:33 PM UTC-10, Stu Rawlings wrote:
>> > On 2/19/2021 5:28 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> > > On Friday, February 19, 2021 at 11:42:21 AM UTC-10, Stu Rawlings
>> > > wrote:
>> > >> On 2/19/2021 4:30 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> > >>> On Friday, February 19, 2021 at 10:22:50 AM UTC-10,
>> > >>> wrote:
>> > >>>> On Friday, February 19, 2021 at 1:09:29 PM UTC-6,
>> > >>>> wrote:
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> ...Health Insurance! :-)
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>> Hey wait a minute! You always said you didn't need health insurance
>> > >>>> because
>> > >>>> you are a nurse and are your own insurance. Besides, you 'doctor'
>> > >>>> yourself up
>> > >>>> with cannabis oil, Seroquel, and garlic; why would you need
>> > >>>> insurance?
>> > >>> My daughter had a toothache and went to the dentist. It's going to
>> > >>> cost us 3 grand. My dentist bill is $2,500. We're going to have to
>> > >>> buy
>> > >>> a new range because the old one died. Our plan was to get a newer
>> > >>> used
>> > >>> car this month but it looks like that's out the window. My daughter
>> > >>> as
>> > >>> been offered a job at the animal clinic where she's required to put
>> > >>> some hours in for school. I'm hoping she takes the job and gets
>> > >>> dental
>> > >>> insurance. That would be nice.
>> > >>>
>> > >> Damn, that all sounds costly. Hey you know about hearing right?
>> > >>
>> > >> I bought three of those sonic pest-repllers' that plug right
>> > >> into the wall and they all have three settings, low, medium
>> > >> and high..It says not to run them on high if humans or pets are going
>> > >> to be in the room, so just I had to plug one in to the wall in the
>> > >> kitchen and run it on high, just to see how nasty it was.
>> > >>
>> > >> At any rate, I couldn't hear it very much at all, while my
>> > >> wife was telling me to turn it off quick, it bothered her.
>> > >>
>> > >> My question is did I stand too close to the stage and listen
>> > >> to my music too loud when I was a younger guy and roach my
>> > >> hearing, or perhaps I'm just tone deaf to that particular
>> > >> frequency?
>> > >>
>> > >> <i have my doubts about how effective the chasers will be
>> > >> anyway..i put three of them in my barn today>
>> > >
>> > > As it goes, most people will lose about half of their hearing by the
>> > > time they're in their 60's. Kids can hear up to 20,000 Hz and above.
>> > > Someone my age might hear up to 11 kHz. You can get a free signal
>> > > generator app for your phone and test your limits.
>> > > Around 30% of people over 65 will have some hearing loss. Mostly it'll
>> > > be in the higher frequencies. People with hearing loss will typically
>> > > have most of the loss in frequencies starting about 2 kHz. People that
>> > > have some loss due to their occupation, will probably show a steep
>> > > drop
>> > > in hearing starting at 1 kHz. Their hearing will be completely gone by
>> > > 4
>> > > kHz. It's the large losses above 1000 Hz that makes speech
>> > > comprehension
>> > > difficult.
>> > > Oddly enough, people in my generation have better hearing than their
>> > > parents. That's what the research has shown. I can't say why that is.
>> > > I doubt the ultrasonic chasers will work on bugs. OTOH, I'm thinking
>> > > of
>> > > an high frequency generator app that keeps cats away from me. I won't
>> > > hear a thing but my wife would get ****ed off. It's always something.
>> > >
>> > Well thanks for a really well written response, I do appreciate it. As
>> > far as I can tell I can hear well enough when it comes to conversation
>> > and such, I'm not really concerned about being hard of hearing but the
>> > fact that it was too aggravating for my wife to listen to when I
>> > couldn't hardly notice it bothered me a bit.
>> >
>> > Now I recall my dad saying "you're gonna go deaf listening
>> > to that shit you call music that loud"
>> >
>> > I do wear hearing protection now around machinery, like
>> > closing the barn door after the horses are running away?
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>> I have a constant ringing in my ear so if you don't, consider yourself
>> lucky. It's a good idea to wear hearing protection when you can. The thing
>> about hearing loss is that it's so gradual that people don't notice it.
>> The good news is that these days you can buy rechargeable Blu-tooth ear
>> pieces that can help you hear. In the future, they'll be made specifically
>> for hearing losses - they just probably won't be advertised as such. The
>> cost will be under $200.
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>> D. has hearing aids that just don't work and they cost £4.000.00!
>>
>> Where do we find these Blu-tooth aids??
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>They're not hearing aids but ear bud-type headphones that are capable of
>amplifying ambient sounds. There's currently an explosion on these products
>so there's a lot of product out there.
>I suspect that your husband has a hearing loss in the severe range since he
>was a military guy. If so, the ear buds might not have enough power for him.
>Your best bet is to demo a pair. I haven't had a chance to test some out but
>I can tell that's the direction these things are going.
>https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Wirel.../dp/B08MWY75DH
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> Yes he was in the military for 22 years. He looked those bud things up
>and some are from the company that his current ones came from . A friend
>of ours got her hearing aid from the NHS i.e. free and it is fantastic. It
>links to an app on her phone and can be adjusted to filter out background
>noise or certain frequencies or to focus on people talking on the other side
>of the room. Unfortunately they aren't available here on the NHS in Scotland
>at present.

Sounds good