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I'm 38. I have moderate to severe hearing loss and serious tinnitus. Two types of tinnitus actually. The usual ringing and an occasional clicking sound. If you all don't know, there is also something called "discrimination" in relation to hearing loss. They do a test to see if your brain processes the sounds it does receive properly. So, even if you do hear the sound, you may not understand what it is. What I do hear has to compete with my loss of hearing sounds, my tinnitus and my rapidly falling discrimination scores.
I can count the number of times I've been without hearing protection on one hand in my life. I've been to a couple of concerts that, looking back, I wish I had skipped. And I'm pretty sure mowing grass with earphones on when I was younger didn't help either.
Now, gong out to see a movie is pretty useless. I need subtitles on when watching a movie/tv show at home. I can't hear birds, crickets or my younger family members properly without my hearing aids in. And even then I have an extremely difficult time understanding them. I also hate using the phone for longer than 5 minutes at a time. If i can't see you speaking, there is a better than even money chance that I won't understand a word you are saying. I may hear you saying something, but it'll be gibberish.
Basically, protect your hearing. Wear proper hearing protection whenever you are going to be around something loud. Anything loud if possible. I use some shooting muffs when I mow the yard.
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