[78-L] A doubt about EQ curves

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

Some of that high frequency hearing loss may just be a buildup of earwax that a doctor or nurse could remove (for us) once or twice a year. Of course there are over the counter products that can help keep it out too but I've never used them. the rest of course is age related graduel hearing loss or perhaps damage to hearing due to music played very loud on speakers or headphones as well  as other loud noise..
 
I'm 55 now & haven't been to an audioauligist for years but then as far as I knowI can hear normally for a person of my age. On the other hand my computer speakers seem to drop off at around 13.5 kiloherts when I've run an audio sweep test on them with the graph on my computer moniter. The question is, is that my hearing (with whatever earwax is there) or is that where my computer speakers start to really drop off? I don't know.


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>From: Kristjan Saag <saag at telia.com>
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>Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2011 6:22 AM
>Subject: Re: [78-L] A doubt about EQ curves
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>Doug Pomeroy wrote:
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>> Don't be afraid to use your ears!
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>Many of us who work with audio restauration or audio distribution in one 
>way or another are close to or above the age level when progressive 
>hearing loss sets in. 30 to 35 percent of adults between the ages of 65 
>and 75 have some hearing loss, usually affecting higher frequencies.
>Logically we should be less susceptible to surface noise than colleagues 
>and listeners 30-40 years younger - and be tempted to set the low-pass 
>filter higher than a 30 year old.
>As long as our audience is our age there's no problem: the listeners 
>hear what we hear and are happy with that. But what about younger 
>audiences? And our younger colleagues? Could it be that the age factor 
>is involved in some of those "insensitive" transfers that we complain 
>about every now and then? And what about our own changes in hearing? Has 
>anyone of you thought of "compensating" for the increasing difficulty to 
>hear higher frequencies when doing restauration work?
>I'm curious to know.
>Kristjan
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