MRC study on effects of amplified music on hearing loss.

Bad news for 100 year olds.

I obviously should have posted this on the Best Jokes thread. 

No - there is little humour there.

Of course - a serious subject.

I speak as one who has ridden motorcycles since 16 and am now probably functionally deaf.

I think you need to backup your computer and apply some updates... :-)

PS Your hearing is way better than mine according to this

Did you lie about your age Steve? I thought that you were younger 

Just had my 58th birthday Chris. Playing vinyl keeps me young. 

I have also ridden motorcycles from a young age, I started aged 11 on a friends farm, although not for the last 10 years. I was very pleased with my results, my wife didn't do as well surprisingly.

My father was partially deafened (1stWW) by action as an anti-aircraft gunner. 

He appreciated clarity of speaking above volume. 

I like the limited FR that I can still hear as clear as can be presented - along with the non-FR aspects of sound. I use Naim. Surprise. 

Very true Adam. My Grandfather had similar deafness issues caused by gunfire in the war. I'm very grateful I didn't have to live in those times. I have a friend who needs two hearing aids but he still appreciates listening to my Naim system.

I can't believe that nobody has done this test other than Penarth Blues. It is good way of assessing the state of your hearing which I would think is important to all of us who listen to a lot of amplified music. It assesses how well you can hear the spoken word over background hash.

The Medicial Research Council who are conducting this research also deserve our support.

Come on, give it a go. You don't have to post your results as I did.

Steve 

Andrew,

Where did your post go?

Well I did the test and got a similar level of hearing to you Steve.

Somewhere about -22 or 23 dB. Is that good or bad?

ATB from George

The test results probably measures how good you computor speakers are! ; )

i had the volume set far too low up to half way though the 1st go, and ended with -18

The second go and nearly finished and my BT connection drops out - typical!

The 3rd go and it's around the -21

This test has made me realise that since retiring in September last year,

i no longer suffer the occasional tinitus.

Debs

ESLs!

Very good!

ATB from George

They are both good results. Debs, you could be right about the computer speakers, also the positioning. I did my test with the MacBook on my lap. When I sat at the table with my wife doing the test I scored better, although surprisingly she fared less well than I did.

ATB

Steve

-13 for me.

Got -21/22. Probably could do better if I hadn't had chocolate yesterday. That makes the tinnitus worse. Really should give it up altogether.

Regards,

Willy.

I was -13 @ 56 years old, but I know from a trip to the ear doctor last year, my left ear is -30, which is also the ear with tinnitus (I can hear the tinnitus as I sit & type tight now) - so my R ear must compensate to some degree.

Mine was -22 for age 51. I've had tinnitus probably from birth. I talked about it as a child and was taken to an audiologist at around age 10 who diagnosed it. The buzzing is constant and consistent in the center of my head and has always been present. To me it seems loud, but my test results seem okay based on the other scores in the graph. I'm aware my hearing has declined in the last 5 or so years.

50 this year with -22 is that any good? can't do charts or maths - I use the creative side

Indeed - tinnitus is a bugger!

Engelbert

This is my result, no idea as to how good or bad it might be. My right ear drum got "flat spotted" about 25 years ago and it is noticeably less efficient. I took the test on my Macbook Pro using earbuds.