I’m laid on my bed and I can hear a watch ticking loudly. When I lie on my right with that ear on the pillow I can’t hear it at all! Slightly alarmed! Is this the start of a slippery slope? I’m still in my thirties!

What?

Sorry?

The first sign of is when text starts to disappear and you create 2 threads instead of .

Double thread =smartphone operator error…

It is a result of ageing, next you’ll have bouts of double vision

Go and get an audiometric test. It’s not at all unusual for hearing loss to occur by your 30s. If you are worried it’s a good way of marking where you are and taking steps to minimise any future damage. Quite often your company may have an occupational health provider that can do it. Costs around £45.

And no, unless it’s a temporary threshold shift caused by listening to loud music on your ipod or your missus nagging you tonight, it’s not reversable.

Might also be caused by a build up of wax in your ears too. Are you a dirty bastard?

A sensible one after just 7 posts! Better than I expected, ta.

TICK TOCK TICK TOCK…………

http://www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk/your-hearing/look-after-your-hearing/check-your-hearing/take-the-check.aspx

Try this, the RNID have a telephone hearing test as well. might be worth seeing a specialist for a look at your ears including a pure tone audiogram.

eh?

SORRY?

Hisssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

Pardon….?

WHAT WAS THAT?

I’M NINETY ONE YOU KNOW.

My hearing started to go in my 30s but by then I had been playing drums for over 12 years. 3 to 4 gigs a week playing in front of amps turned up full was not the recipe for good hearing. Back then we really didn’t realise just what damage we were doing, nor did the industry. Now in my 50s the tinnutus really is a PITA.

Come again? A silver lining: better night’s sleep next to the snoring missus

At the risk of being sensible, for the sake of your mortality, stay away from crocodiles

Top advice CM, cheers.

<scratches beard with hook>

I’m deaf and have tinnitus in my right ear. It has become natural to have everyone on my left side so I can hear clearly.
On the plus side it can be useful when Mrs MM is a pain in the arse and I can play the selective hearing card and just ignore her. 😀

I am a dry wax producer and my canals slowly wax up, eventually blocking off. Normally one goes before the other. GP sorts it out and then everything sounds very loud for a bit! Worth getting your ears checked IMO.

Can you describe the symptoms?
Yes, Homer has yellow skin and Marge has blue hair.

EDITED;
Oddly, I find the occaisional joint helps.

Apologies, just got the gag.

Above advice still applies.

I have difficulty with conversations when there’s background noise, and I have some tinnitus, as a result of standing in front of the speakers at one of Phil Lynott’s last gigs with Grand Slam. Because I work with noisy machines I get annual hearing checkups, which show my hearing is optimum for my age. 57, if you must know. I should get it checked out, just for peace of mind.