In 2015 I had Shingles of the facial nerve (Ramsay Hunt Syndrome) and it caused me to lose 100% of my hearing on the right. Some came back but I have a -85 dB loss in my right ear and what I do hear is not what you hear but attenuated. Noise of any kind makes it difficult to hear and I have a pretty much world class stereo that helps greatly in hearing music but...
Enter BOSE QC35 headphones... They are absolutely a Godsend when it comes to hearing. I've been using Bose headphones for years but the noise cancelling ability with these are the best yet. For computer, cell phone & TV I use its Bluetooth but for the K3s I plug in and this new generation of QC from Bose allows them to be passive or with noise reduction. As passive headphones they use no power and work just fine, they do cup the ear entirely and fit/act much like the ones I use with target practice. When plugged in, Bluetooth is defeated and when you power them on, the background sound disappears. My old Alpha is 1' from my head & on my good ear, with the Heil & Sony headsets, the fan is competing with faint signals. With the noise cancelling turned on, the fan noise is non-existent. I think I might hear the very faintest motor noise but I can't swear to it. The fan noise is totally gone. I don't think there is a microphone option when plugged in but when I use the headsets with the cell phone & I'm next to the amp, nobody I talk to can hear the fan so the noise cancelling truly works with the microphone as well. I got these from Bose as my old QC15 developed a problem and they don't repair out of production headsets but they give a generous price on a current set when you exchange your broken one. I even bought the YL a pair of the QC35 II for Christmas, they're that good. They have a 30 day trial if bought from Bose. I will say the included plug is miserably short and I had to buy a longer one from Amazon but it's a hefty cable and was inexpensive. I should add, when you turn on the noise cancelling & I'm listening to a faint CW signal, there is apparently zero loss of signal volume or quality, it's just that all the ambient sound and the sound like listening to a seashell you get with over the ear headphones just vanishes. YMMV 73, Gary KA1J > To add to what Don said, > > Restaurant noise levels are a plague for me. With my hearing loss the > noise level just shoves everything to sound like noise with no > intelligence detectable. > > I note that some now have cc activated on TV's with sound turned down > to keep background sound lowered. That allows patrons to follow > sports or news programs without everyone raising their voice to > compete with the TV. Background music is just noise if I want > conversation with anyone. Finer restaurants go to some lengths to > produce the "quiet atmosphere" for fine dining. The restaurants that > cater to twenty-something crowd seem to relish in making it loud. > > It really gets to me when they play loud music in the restrooms -ugh. > > Running the ham radio in the car or truck is challenge because I need > the volume too high for my wife's comfort. Do not wear a headset as > this might compromise my driving (ability to detect presence of other > vehicle). But then I try to operate in the "parked mode" as > distracted driving is not wise. Same for cellphone use while driving > (illegal in some states). > > 73, Ed - KL7UW > http://www.kl7uw.com > Dubus-NA Business mail: > dubus...@gmail.com > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to g...@ka1j.com > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
