I could hear it but it became annoying because I had so much loss at the top end that I would then turn up the volume so much that it became fatiguing. So I went through maybe 7-8 years of the wife's ribbing before I got my first pair. I now recommend to everyone I meet with hearing loss to just do it. Many years ago I worked in an analog sound studio doing soundtracks for independent video and environmental soundscapes at the Art Institute of Chicago, so I tried very hard to protect my hearing, wearing both plugs and muffs together when I was doing the noisiest of the manual labor jobs I spent most of my life doing, which would probably be the earthmoving. The audiologist thought the vibration of the machines probably greatly contributed to the hearing loss. Anyway, the way my wife tells it, the first time I sat down for our dinner with the hearing aids in and the music on, I got the biggest smile on my face. Shortly after that I ordered the Magnepan .7s. I had heard Maggies for the first time probably 30 years earlier and knew that was what I wanted to finish out my listening days with. One nice thing about them is they do not move air the same way cone speakers do and are much more gentle to me, although I do use a small amount of a subwoofer. I got the latest hearing aids, Widex, about a year ago because they were presented to me as first choice of musicians. I wear a partial ear design because my low and up to some mid is still fine so the tiny amps in the aids fill in the rest of the mid to highs. It's pretty invisible with maybe only some rattle at a high volume/high frequency sound. As good as I made all this sound though, there is one thing I truly miss; the brushes. I always loved a drummer who was great with that swirling brush technique. Unfortunately I can no longer pick up that nuanced sound well. I know it's there but I just can't "hear" it.
How long did you go without hearing music?
I could hear it but it became annoying because I had so much loss at the top end that I would then turn up the volume so much that it became fatiguing. So I went through maybe 7-8 years of the wife's ribbing before I got my first pair. I now recommend to everyone I meet with hearing loss to just do it. Many years ago I worked in an analog sound studio doing soundtracks for independent video and environmental soundscapes at the Art Institute of Chicago, so I tried very hard to protect my hearing, wearing both plugs and muffs together when I was doing the noisiest of the manual labor jobs I spent most of my life doing, which would probably be the earthmoving. The audiologist thought the vibration of the machines probably greatly contributed to the hearing loss. Anyway, the way my wife tells it, the first time I sat down for our dinner with the hearing aids in and the music on, I got the biggest smile on my face. Shortly after that I ordered the Magnepan .7s. I had heard Maggies for the first time probably 30 years earlier and knew that was what I wanted to finish out my listening days with. One nice thing about them is they do not move air the same way cone speakers do and are much more gentle to me, although I do use a small amount of a subwoofer. I got the latest hearing aids, Widex, about a year ago because they were presented to me as first choice of musicians. I wear a partial ear design because my low and up to some mid is still fine so the tiny amps in the aids fill in the rest of the mid to highs. It's pretty invisible with maybe only some rattle at a high volume/high frequency sound. As good as I made all this sound though, there is one thing I truly miss; the brushes. I always loved a drummer who was great with that swirling brush technique. Unfortunately I can no longer pick up that nuanced sound well. I know it's there but I just can't "hear" it.