Whistles Lead to Hearing Loss

[Bad Zebra]

I was experiencing tinitis (ringing in the ears) last year and saw an audiologist. She found some minor hearing loss in one ear likely due to:

-Trips to gun range
-Lawn Equipment
-Whistles

...severity in that order, according to her. I wear hearing protection for the first two, yet still have some minor loss. I find the horn/buzzer more irritating than the whistles at games.

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

And I'm always surprised when a fan, cheerleader, or player gets startled by an unexpected whistle blast from me.

I found it odd too until I went to a game recently and sat right near the endline. The L did the thing that many do and turn away from the players and then blast the whistle. That hurt the ears quite a bit actually, it was a little surprising.

Originally Posted by maven

Reminds me of an Irish joke:

Sean and Mary have had a few pints and are driving home from the pub. The constable pulls the weaving car over and asks Sean if he realizes that Mary fell out of the car a few blocks back. Sean replies, "Well thank God, I thought I'd gone deaf!"

That's good. I'll share that with my wife and report back on the response.

Originally Posted by Bad Zebra

I was experiencing tinitis (ringing in the ears) last year and saw an audiologist. She found some minor hearing loss in one ear likely due to:

-Trips to gun range
-Lawn Equipment
-Whistles

I can't afford to go to the range any more with the price of ammo these days so I guess I only have to worry about 2 and 3 now.

[KJUmp]

Originally Posted by Bad Zebra

I was experiencing tinitis (ringing in the ears) last year and saw an audiologist. She found some minor hearing loss in one ear likely due to:

-Trips to gun range
-Lawn Equipment
-Whistles

...severity in that order, according to her. I wear hearing protection for the first two, yet still have some minor loss. I find the horn/buzzer more irritating than the whistles at games.

Last year had same problem here, tinitis. I had significant hearing loss, end result being a hearing aid in my left ear, and directions from my audiologist to not use a whistle with a dcb above 90.

That said, on the court the hearing aid does help me hear my P better/more easily which is a good thing; but also coaches which can be a good or a bad thing.

[rekent]

Originally Posted by KJUmp

That said, on the court the hearing aid does help me hear my P better/more easily which is a good thing; but also coaches which can be a good or a bad thing.

Need to make the hearing aids with a remote control for volume... turn them down when you go tableside!