In the Jan 2011 TAS Letters' section, RH makes the above claim. He also claims that "although our hearing deteriorates significantly with age, we don't perceive the degradation".
To me this is one of the most outrageously generalized claims that magazine has ever made, or is it. I believe those claims when the hearing loss is uniform across the entire audible band - since one simply compensates by turning the volume higher, and in fact, that's the case with my hearing (tested every few years), plus I have verified with my doctor that it's natural not to perceive differences in *that* case - but what if one's hearing drops, say, just in the midrange or elsewhere? In fact, I've heard of a few people whose hearing has dropped significantly just in the lower registers and want to turn up their subs. And what about the effects of the ensuing tinnitus that usually comes with significant hearing loss or hearing damage (e.g. constant loud background noises like blasting your speakers for years, in-ear phones, etc), a disease that can in fact come on even if your hearing loss is partial within the audio band?
Thoughts? I am personally LOL with the stuff RH writes.
To me this is one of the most outrageously generalized claims that magazine has ever made, or is it. I believe those claims when the hearing loss is uniform across the entire audible band - since one simply compensates by turning the volume higher, and in fact, that's the case with my hearing (tested every few years), plus I have verified with my doctor that it's natural not to perceive differences in *that* case - but what if one's hearing drops, say, just in the midrange or elsewhere? In fact, I've heard of a few people whose hearing has dropped significantly just in the lower registers and want to turn up their subs. And what about the effects of the ensuing tinnitus that usually comes with significant hearing loss or hearing damage (e.g. constant loud background noises like blasting your speakers for years, in-ear phones, etc), a disease that can in fact come on even if your hearing loss is partial within the audio band?
Thoughts? I am personally LOL with the stuff RH writes.
