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Tilly2 | 08:59 Sat 28th Jul 2018 | Body & Soul
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Last night Mr T and I went to see The Floyd Effect at our local theatre. They are Pink Floyd tribute band who are superb.

However, I did not enjoy it. From the outset, all the music and singing sounded totally out of tune and distorted to me. I was sitting with my fingers in my ears as it was so discordant.

At the interval, everyone was saying how fantastic they were, note perfect, brilliant musicians and last year, I would have agreed. I decided to come home rather than sit through another hour and a half in discomfort. I left Mr T to it.

I do have problems with my hearing and find high frequency sounds difficult to hear. Is this going to be the scenario from now on? No more rock concerts?
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From what you have said, you have a bilateral high frequency loss which has nothing to do with noise, but is due to the ageing process. IF this is the case then you will struggle cutting out all ambient sound, particularly noticeable in noisy situations. You will hear the music, speech, talking etc. but the music will be out of sync and the speech will be...
09:08 Sat 28th Jul 2018
Lip reading was something that we got used when we worked in the cotton mills, cue Les Dawson! But I have tinnitus. I've had it since I fractured my skull when I was 5 yrs old. There's no cure. And the advice offered by the so-called specialists is ridiculous.
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One blessing is that I can still hear my music properly when using headphones.
I always carry earplugs- the little cheap Boots foam ones; they are NOT the conical ones. I screw them up into a long tube and wear them whenever the music seems slightly too much- not even loud, just too much for me. I do have tinnitus. I personally think that all pop concerts are now too loud, and veer on dangerous levels for most people's hearing.
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Thanks, Scarlett. I'll have a look for them next time I'm in Boots.

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