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Re: hearing
Posted By: Don Beale In Response To: hearing (tom)
Date: Sunday, 17 December 2000, at 1:11 a.m.
It's almost better on another thread. I too have right side loss, sounds similar but maybe yours is a little more severe. I havent done any conditions where you have noticed loss (surf, whitewater). I do not hear conversation well at all, especially with background noise. I do wear a hearing aid except it was lost on the christmas tree lot this year (damned expensive tree, that one is!) I wear the aid on the water, figuring if it gets dunked I'll rinse it and put it up to dry as soon as I get in. The way I see it, the biggest problem is in trying to converse, or hear plans across the water.
: Ok, some specifics from a hearing impaired paddler.
: I do not have a total hearing loss. I do have a big deficit on the right
: side.
: The catch word here is big. If it is winter and I am wearing a hood that
: blocks much of the hearing on the left I do feel hearing impaired.
: Especially if I have on a neo hood under my Tec-tour jacket that also
: has a hood. The only advice I can give is to keep looking around. I don’t
: mean
: your head is constantly moving but you do need to use your eyes more
: than people that do not have hearing problems. This is not just for night but
: also during the day. Especially if you paddle with others and you are part of
: the
: overall safety net within the group.
: If you are crossing a shipping lane I suggest you go out of your way to cross
: at the point that gives you the overall shortest distance to cross in the
: lane.
: It is tempting to ferry glide so you are able to get to the area you want to
: be once
: you cross. However, keep in mind that if you have much current running you
: will
: spend more time in the shipping lane using a ferry glide than you would if
: you just paddled across and let yourself be set down current. If you do not
: want to be set down current so much you can wait and cross later or
: reevaluate
: your starting point so that you let yourself be moved downstream and still
: end
: up where you want to be. The point is to keep the time in the lane as short
: as
: possible. Also, keep a VHF tuned to the station the big boats use.
: For the hearing impaired individual a question
: I find the loss of hearing on the right side does not cause me problems on
: flat
: water or on very rough water or in high winds. I do find it causes me some
: problems with reflecting waves off a shear wall when my hearing impaired side
: is to the cliff. Also when just starting to surf. I guess I am saying When it
: is
: chaotic out I don’t seem to notice but I do when it is relatively calm and
: then
: there is a sudden change on the poor hearing side. How about you?
: tom
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