I have sensorineural hearing loss in both ears due to genetic inheritance (my father and some of his siblings have it).
I realized this thanks to the Insitugram app over the course of a few months (maybe 6 months). My hearing for frequencies above 1500 Hz has dropped significantly in both ears, but mainly in the left one. I’m attaching screenshots. Only consider the red and blue curves, as the gray ones are from an audiogram I had done years ago (ignore those). In the case of the left ear, from 2 kHz onward, I set the volume to the minimum, but in reality, I can no longer hear those frequencies on Insitugram (this is what worries me the most).
I’ve been trying to figure out the cause, and the only thing I can think of is that I listen to music almost all day via Bluetooth from my iPhone using my Signia Pure 7ix hearing aids. I listen to music I like, podcasts, or binaural/LoFi music to help me focus while working. I thought the volume was at an appropriate level, but I just found out yesterday that even if the volume is low, prolonged exposure can still cause hearing loss.
I’m already 38 years old, and I know age also affects hearing loss.
I’d like to know your opinions. How many hours a day do you listen to music or podcasts with your hearing aids?
PS:
I might have to switch to Receiver P. At some point, I also read that I could stay on M but with frequency compression (I have Connexx at home). I found this video about it and am sharing it in case anyone else needs it:
most days, i listen to music several hours a day. usually thru headphones or open ear clips but also on my hifi. i am 66 and retired now, tho like you, i listened to music at work for decades to help me focus or deter interruptions. my hearing loss is probably mostly hereditary (on my mother’s side) but i also flew in small prop planes for years with headsets that did not have noise-canceling. between those three things, some loss was inevitable. is there a history of hearing loss in your family?
4 hours or so a day here , and i don’t stream at low volume . I’ve found, for me, that in-situ diagrams can be sensitive to the position of the domes and domes / wax guards being dirty (I noticed this sensitivity at high frequencies) . I tend to notice the change when I’m listening to electronic music
Try again with new domes and clean wax guards . You can also try Mimi if you are using an iPhone. It is always good to try a different testing method just to check accuracy .
I listen to music a couple of hours a day. As long as the volume isn’t set too high I don’t see why listening to music would affect your hearing more than listening to anything else.
I’m bimodal, and I have my sonic speaker and music from Spotify going 6-10 hours every day. I don’t stream though, I listen to the music aurally, loud enough to enjoy the music but not loud enough to annoy the neighbors.
If you listen to music at 65 dB SPL, for example, you can listen to it forever.
I agree with whomever suggested you get your hearing aids cleaned. But if you have a genetic progressive hearing loss, then progression is not unusual.
