My father lived to a very old age and was not only into hifi but as a boy was in at the dawn of broadcast radio in the 1920s.
He had some quite nice kit if, shall we say, vintage 60s but his hearing deteriorated. Undeterred, he bought a pair of state of the art aids costing around £1500 in those days.
But afterwards I found he was still not listening to the hifi. He said that even with the aids he did not enjoy the experience like he used to and it was not worth listening.
At over 70, still with good hearing but down at the top end, I am finding the excitement of the sound a bit dimmed and I don't listen as much as I used to. But I don't think I will ever want to give up on music like my dad did for his final ten years or so.
Has anyone else found that if you hold your nose and pressurise your ears a lot of the high frequencies come back? A bit inconvenient but nice to remember the full experience occasionally.
He had some quite nice kit if, shall we say, vintage 60s but his hearing deteriorated. Undeterred, he bought a pair of state of the art aids costing around £1500 in those days.
But afterwards I found he was still not listening to the hifi. He said that even with the aids he did not enjoy the experience like he used to and it was not worth listening.
At over 70, still with good hearing but down at the top end, I am finding the excitement of the sound a bit dimmed and I don't listen as much as I used to. But I don't think I will ever want to give up on music like my dad did for his final ten years or so.
Has anyone else found that if you hold your nose and pressurise your ears a lot of the high frequencies come back? A bit inconvenient but nice to remember the full experience occasionally.