a4wdguy
Full Member
- Mar 10, 2005
- 244
- 50
- Detector(s) used
- TDI, DFX, M6, XLT, XL Pro, CM 6000 Di Pro, Beach Hunter ID 300, Beach Hunter ID, Surfmaster P.I.(Plus)
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
As someone who has a serious hearing impairment, this thread couldn't have
been better timed..
This, by far, is the biggest challenge I face in detecting. I was hit with Bi-lateral Meniere's Disease about
20 years back, and one of it's nastiest symptoms/affects is never ending, roaring tinnitus in one or
both ears. As a "bi-lateral", I have it in both even though the right ear has had surgery and no longer
functions at all (I tell people it's just a decoration..lol). Same disease now in left ear, and it's progressive,
but I've got a few years of hearing left before I'm perm. deaf.
If a person went to this site: Sounds of Tinnitus | American Tinnitus Association and turned on sounds 1, 2
and 3 (simultaneously), and set your volume to where it's loud enough to be an irritating background
sound, you can hear what I hear 24/7 in my ears. The tinnitus I have runs in the 4.0kHz-7.0kHz range,
so my sincere hope is to find a machine that the threshold sound is A) out of that band) and B) able
to be set at a the same low level to that a person with decent hearing would use.
The Gold Bug Pro machine I am looking at comes with a set of Gray Ghost Originals, but after
reading the thread and checking out the Black Widow headphones, I'm going to ask the vendor
to replace the GG Originals with the Black Widow headphones. No sense messing around with
something that might get the job done when the best pair is only about $35 more. Hoping that
extra expense will in-turn allow me to hear some fainter signals that I would otherwise miss.
Wow, I didn't know that site existed! I have spent years trying to describe what it is I hear (#4 and #7). I can hardly wait to share this with my bride!
Thanks for the link!
