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Re: hearingt aids

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2016-12-01 19:35

Roxann wrote:

> By not using the hearing aids, my problem then becomes hearing
> the conductor when s/he is talking. Not good.

At 69 years old, I'm sure I have some upper end hearing loss, but so far not enough to send me to an audiologist (I have had routine hearing tests as part of physical exams). But your comment makes me chuckle a little. I know many very good players of many different instruments whose only real sign of age (other than gray hair and an arthritic limp) is the number of times they make conductors repeat their instructions. "Where are we starting" is a constant chorus in the orchestras and bands I play in where many of the players are of my age cohort, people I've grown up with as a musician.

They can hear their instruments and the surrounding music without help. It's speech they have trouble with.

Karl

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