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Nancy Young[_2_] Nancy Young[_2_] is offline
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Default OT <--(sorry) Hearing at high frequencies

Cheryl wrote:
> "Steve Pope" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Cheryl > wrote:

>
> I have never
>>> had a reason to think my hearing is impaired.

>>
>> I would recommend making an appointment with audiology for a hearing
>> test. You can have reduced high-frequency hearing without it
>> amounting to an impairment, but it's best to get a baseline
>> so you can track whether any hearing loss is progressing.

>
> I think I will. Not that I want to hear annoying high-pitched
> noises, but it makes me wonder what else I'm not hearing.


You know there is something they call Mosquito, along those lines,
it's a high pitched sound they have used in areas where young
people congregate ... supposedly adults can't hear it but it drives
the younger people nuts. They leave the area. Higher frequencies
are the first to go as you age, they say.

I don't think I have the best hearing, at all, but I never had any
trouble hearing it on the tv shows where they demonstrated it,
so who knows.

nancy