Re: [Elecraft] OT National Hearing Test

2015-12-22 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Since this is more or less OT from our primary areas of discussion and has had a lot of postings, lets end the thread at this time. 73, Eric List Moderator - Ho, Ho, Ho /elecraft.com/ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.ne

Re: [Elecraft] OT National Hearing Test

2015-12-22 Thread Phil Kane
On 12/21/2015 7:57 PM, Walter Underwood wrote: > Yes, this is a legitimate research project and service. Yes, it costs > $5. I’m putting aside some time to do it myself. I have have some > pretty nasty tinnitus (ringing in the ears) for the past couple of > decades. If you don’t have it, count you

Re: [Elecraft] OT National Hearing Test

2015-12-22 Thread David Glasser
@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT National Hearing Test David, Are you by any chance in the hearing aid business or affiliated. ? Take your advertising somewhere else Bob K6UJ On 12/21/15 6:11 PM, David Ahrendts wrote: > NPRs Ina Jaffe on the National Hearing Test: > http://www.n

Re: [Elecraft] OT National Hearing Test

2015-12-21 Thread Fred Jensen
I have profound traumatic hearing loss from 50 years ago, I have a copy of my latest audiogram and, with Jim's advice, I have tried to replicate its inverse in my K3 RX EQ. Jim showed me how to get around 30 dB EQ range, I just have to run the AF Gain higher, and it works. My hearing aids are

Re: [Elecraft] OT National Hearing Test

2015-12-21 Thread Walter Underwood
Yes, this is a legitimate research project and service. Yes, it costs $5. I’m putting aside some time to do it myself. I have have some pretty nasty tinnitus (ringing in the ears) for the past couple of decades. If you don’t have it, count yourself lucky. wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj ht

Re: [Elecraft] OT National Hearing Test

2015-12-21 Thread Jim Brown
On Mon,12/21/2015 6:20 PM, Robert Harmon wrote: Take your advertising somewhere else That's uncalled for. My wife and I heard the same piece on NPR and as a retired audio professional, I consider it well worth doing. Yes, the way in which hearing aids are sold by audiologists is a dirty bu

Re: [Elecraft] OT National Hearing Test

2015-12-21 Thread Doug Person via Elecraft
This actually is quite interesting and relevant. It's worth understanding how well you hear a given signal in typical conditions: white noise with a mix of other interesting audio phenomena. Whether consciously or unconsciously there is always the question of your own hearing abilities versus

Re: [Elecraft] OT National Hearing Test

2015-12-21 Thread David Ahrendts
Nope. I’m in the evil, ugly TV news business. I plead guilty to promoting things I find interesting and this was one — it is a hearing test based on ambient audio interference and sequences of three numbers progressively buried in the noise. Not unlike what we do everyday in amateur radio. Based

Re: [Elecraft] OT National Hearing Test

2015-12-21 Thread Robert Harmon
David, Are you by any chance in the hearing aid business or affiliated. ? Take your advertising somewhere else Bob K6UJ On 12/21/15 6:11 PM, David Ahrendts wrote: NPRs Ina Jaffe on the National Hearing Test: http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/12/21/459397027/is-everybody-mumbl

[Elecraft] OT National Hearing Test

2015-12-21 Thread David Ahrendts
NPRs Ina Jaffe on the National Hearing Test: http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/12/21/459397027/is-everybody-mumbling-try-a-hearing-test-you-take-on-the-phone This test not unlike most of our “pick the signal out of the noise” experiences. David A., KC0XT, Los Angeles David Ahr