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Re: Weird hearing

Author: Chris P
Date: 2007-01-04 18:03

I remember I had a blocked ear canal due to an infection which meant I could only hear with my right ear (fortunately it was the outer ear and was easy to treat with drops).

And I was surprised how this affected me as one morning for a listening exercise we had to repeat a sequence played to us, and I couldn't hear it well enough to remember it! I've never experienced anything like this, but from time to time I do lose hearing in one ear - it starts with a high pitched whistling then when that stops so does my hearing in that ear, but it recovers gradually.

Not sure what triggers it, though one time it happened during a rehearsal as I had a piccolo player on my left who constantly played sharp, and another time was sat next to a tuba player, and the last time it happened was in a restaraunt during our works Christmas do with no obvious loud noises (though the background noise with all the goings on may have been a bit much).

One thing I don't understand and what I see some trumpet players doing is tuning up with one finger in their ear. I can't do this as I find blocking one ear really impairs my hearing.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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