Mallette Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 Just read that a research lab has succeeded in growing new ear hair (not the kind we boomers are growing...the good stuff) and they believe that the technique will eventually work in humans. We are born with a certain number, and we loose them to loud sounds and age. I started out being able to hear well into the ultrasonic, but now am not much good above 12k. Didn't sound like it would be all that soon, so probably won't help us boomers, but you other folks may be hearing those dog whistles into your 90's! Man, if I can't be young again, I'd like to be able to hear like I was... Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 So if your ears are packed full of fur you hear better? Hell, I spend half the morning yanking them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted August 26, 2003 Author Share Posted August 26, 2003 Like I said, different from those. I suppose cilia is a better term. I forget the medical name. BTW, they're injecting the stuff to make it happen. No big deal if it works for humans. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prodj101 Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 maybe I'll get it even though my hearings fine....all part of the plot to become supernatural..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted August 26, 2003 Author Share Posted August 26, 2003 Trust me. You will lose it. It's a fact of life, and we aren't talking about rocking chair age here, but prime middle. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerbache Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 Definitely not talking about rocking chair age here, considering it starts to drop off in men around 20. Of course, many activities that are popular for 20 somethings result in hearing loss, such as going to club concerts all the time. My favorite place to go for shows where I live (Knoxville, Tennessee) unfortunately runs their sound system so loud that I come out feeling deaf for hours. Really good music comes through. On the subject, anybody know how to go about getting earplugs that won't screw up frequency response too much? I'd like to find some that will help save my ears a little bit, but all of them that I've tried really screw up the sound of the music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted August 26, 2003 Author Share Posted August 26, 2003 Earplugs would be a good plan for you, though it only delays the inevitable. The upside is that well trained ears and brain when you have the full range will carry you over. I guarantee you I can still distinguish good sound from bad. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 Any info about nose hair? I seem to have a bumper crop, but I don't smell any better. fini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisK Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 fini, Look at the bright side, for being so fat and sweaty...you don't smell THAT bad. Thanks again for the laugh, Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Robinson Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 ---------------- On 8/26/2003 1:47:46 PM Mallett wrote: Just read that a research lab has succeeded in growing new ear hair (not the kind we boomers are growing...the good stuff) and they believe that the technique will eventually work in humans. We are born with a certain number, and we loose them to loud sounds and age. I started out being able to hear well into the ultrasonic, but now am not much good above 12k. ---------------- Great laugh over this one. My hair's falling out on the top (okay, and the back), and I trim my ears, nose and eyebrows like every other frikkin' day. What gives? I'll be sitting there eating breakfast and Carrie will sneak up on me with those little cuticle scissors (you know the ones) and say, "You've got a LITTLE hair there! Steady now ..." My life has been reduced to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynnm Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 Chris you are one brave man !! I would never let my wive go anywhere near there with scissors ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IB Slammin Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 ---------------- On 8/26/2003 6:04:03 PM fini wrote: Any info about nose hair? I seem to have a bumper crop, but I don't smell any better. fini ---------------- I mix Viagra, Rogane and silver wire shavings with monkey sperm. My ear hair is errect and the kids get a kick out of the sperm extraction. Works for me. tc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 I seem to have forgotten what we were discussing... fini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IB Slammin Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 Could it have been male pattern baldness or the Monkey hearing spectrum. Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Disc Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 Dave, Interesting topic... got any links to that info? I wonder if this new microscopic hair would help those with damaged hair causing Tinnitus? - tb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted August 27, 2003 Author Share Posted August 27, 2003 If I blunder back into whatever I was reading, I'll provide a link or info. It was Time, MIT Technolgy Review, or Scientific American. I just can't recall which. Serious data and real implications. I have heard of but forget what Tinnitus is. This treatment definitely replaced lost cilia due to both damage and age though, so if that is part of the issue it would be helpful. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Disc Posted August 27, 2003 Share Posted August 27, 2003 Tinnitus is ringing in the ear(s). It has several hundered different causes, one of which is damage to the micro fibers in the Cochlea / auditory nerve. That is the cause of my Tinnitus I believe. If you find that info, please post it. I'd be interested to read it. Thanks in advance. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
middlecreekguy Posted August 28, 2003 Share Posted August 28, 2003 Well my hearing is certainly not as good as it was 20 years ago. My right side is terrible, can`t even use it for phone calls. Too many nights of drinking and listening to The Who`s "Live Leeds" with the headphones so loud I would wake my wife in the next room. I thought that was the only way to really hear what the band was really like. Hear them in pain. I`m paying for it just as Pete Townsend and all those guys have. www.entnet.org/tinnitus.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted August 28, 2003 Share Posted August 28, 2003 Good research there, Middleearguy! We all suffer in different ways being nice to our wives...JUST KIDDING! Is she watching? fini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
middlecreekguy Posted August 29, 2003 Share Posted August 29, 2003 Actually you are correct. I was using the headphones so she could sleep. But I really did need the volume as loud as I could stand it. I was on stage with those guys as far as I was concerned. I was jumping up and down, doing the signature windmill move. I was the chairman of the board. I was Pete Townsend. I`ve got a gibson without a case. No. Really, I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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