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I already had a modest amount of high-frequency hearing loss before a car accident earlier this year impaired my hearing further.
One peculiar result of the accident was that, suddenly, certain high-frequency notes in music were bumped up one or two notes in pitch, of all things. I.e., I might hear a high C as the D or E above it on the scale. So, it's not that I can't hear the note; I hear it as the wrong note. Obviously, this ruins Del Shannon's "Runaway" for me ... and many other songs.
And, of course, the standard audiologist, trying to help people hear voices better, has no hearing test for this problem, has no solution for it, and my complaint was even far, far outside the wheelhouse of the ENT specialist I saw.
In addition, the ENT specialist had no idea where to send me for help with this.
Can anyone suggest a way to find a doctor (or institution) that would understand this problem and have some idea what to do about it?
Thanks.
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Although it seems counter intuitive, sometimes it helps clarify what you're hearing if you turn your aid down a bit.For me, that cuts down on the overly loud "sss" and "hard" sounds. It's still difficult for me to understand words, but less volume helps...sometimes. It doesn't work at all with music, however.
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Welcome to Connect, @buzzmccracken You sure do have an unusual problem! I have never heard of such a thing. I doubt there are many audiologists who are practiced in such a unique problem, unless your hearing aids can be adjusted to a different setting. I hope you can find an audiologist who can help you, it sounds as if music is very important to you. I wish I could help more, but as I said, the only thing I can think of is a different setting on your HAs since obviously your hearing cannot be changed. You might want to see if there is a specific brand of hearing aids that is favored by people in the music industry.
JK