Posted on 02/06/2017 2:22:06 PM PST by Red Badger
While that may be the case according to Discovery News I will relate the case of my father. In his early 90’s and quite hard of hearing he could not understand what virtually any female was saying to him but if his nurses and other females talked right in his ear and lowered their voices as much as possible they could be understood by him.
What?.....................
Most people, male and female, lose their high frequency hearing as we age, men faster than women, for some reason..........
A New Ring Tone Teachers Can’t Hear:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-new-ring-tone-teachers-cant-hear/
Well we both wear twin hearing aids. His is for high freq from 20 yrs of flight deck noise, mine is low freq due to a botched inner ear perfusion surgery for Meneire’s. I sincerely doubt either can be fixed.
Voice pitch has to be right. He can hear the mail truck outside, in the house with the door closed, I couldn’t hear the weather alarm last night.
o.k. so, this is crazy. I have had major sensiivity on my upper 4th tooth on the right and I am going to be away from civilization shortly for a bit. My dentist sends me to an Endo and he takes an X-ray , feels my gums.
tells me that I have muscle cramp in my right upper jaw.. hurt like a bugger when he pressed on it. So I pay my 195.00 and he sends me home with this small, round gelatinous heating pad that can survive the microwave for about 20 seconds.. perhaps 23.. but they can explode. So I do the minimum 3 times b4 bed and three times today. he tells me to switch sides after my tooth sensitivity is under control.
I will do that.
I can hear out of my right ear, and the ringing is minimal!!
How crazy is that?
Nine years and I can almost hear.
It is because I grind my teeth at night.
He said it is very common, most dentists and Endodontists do no not know about it
Inflammation of the jaw muscles can press upon the auditory nerve or the inner ear canal putting pressure on the cochlea causing partial deafness or ringing. Also, the Eustachian tubes may be blocked as well,causing a buildup of pressure in the inner ear producing the same result............
I had NO.... Zip Zing Nada.. idea.
I am thrilled! I can Actually hear some better and I slept like a log!
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