| gouyana |
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The ambient sound at track meets makes it hard for me to hear people I'm talking to a lot, so I have to say "what" a lot! But when I'm at home watching tv, I listen to it a much lower volume than anyone else. When anyone else comes in, they always ask me to turn it up. |
| letsgobadgers |
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have you tried paying closer attention to people when they are talking to you at the meet? your hearing mechanism in your brain has a way of attenuating the cells in your inner ear to particular sounds of interest. if you have multiple interests at once (i.e. watching the 1500 while you try to talk to someone about an upcoming race) you will have a harder time physically hearing both the race and the person you are talking to. you could also try looking directly at someone when they talk to you. if paying closer attention doesn't work, you may have hearing damage. if it really bothers you or gets worse, you could try seeing a doctor. sometimes hearing loss can be due to something as benign as impacted ear wax, but it is quite possible your hearing is irreversibly damaged and you may require a hearing aid if you want to hear better. |
| Stupid Yank |
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I'm 33 and I have hearing damage from attending too many concerts. I have a rough time hearing dialogue on the TV unless it is kind of loud. It isn't that I cannot hear it, just that it is hard to make out sometimes. Hard to explain. Also, I have a bit of tinnitus but it seems to come and go. I notice it more after a night of drinking. |
| Aghast |
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Cocktail party effect. You're selective attention is bad and your hearing is fine. |
| J.R. |
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I have excellent hearing, and can hear noises that other people can't. However the same thing happens to me. It's not that I can't hear them, but a lot of people mumble their words and run them together. Even when I'm a couple feet away, looking directly at them and listening to every word, it's a little hard to tell sometimes for that reason. It's helpful and often necessary to fill in the blanks. Other reason is because at places like track meets there are a lot of other noises that are louder than the person who's talking, or at the least that interfere with them. |
| wefwefwewfw |
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I once had a friend who would get seriously irritated with me failing to hear anything he said in a crowded environment. He would always talk about the most absolutely boring nonsense, and I'd just nod to appease him. He'd soon realize I wasn't listening to him whatsoever and get quite upset. |