• Re: Helpful app for hearing test, whether on not you buy something

    From Tim R@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 26 05:06:29 2023
    Off topic, but my Dad told me a story about his entrance physical in the Army. He said at one point the doctor said, "read the writing on the chart." My Dad said, "what chart?" The doctor made a check mark on the form and said, "hearing okay."

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  • From micky@21:1/5 to timothy42bach@gmail.com on Tue Sep 26 21:32:00 2023
    In sci.electronics.repair, on Tue, 26 Sep 2023 05:06:29 -0700 (PDT), Tim
    R <timothy42bach@gmail.com> wrote:

    Off topic, but my Dad told me a story about his entrance physical in the Army. He said at one point the doctor said, "read the writing on the chart." My Dad said, "what chart?" The doctor made a check mark on the form and said, "hearing okay."

    That's a good one.

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  • From Bob F@21:1/5 to micky on Tue Sep 26 19:09:37 2023
    On 9/26/2023 6:32 PM, micky wrote:
    In sci.electronics.repair, on Tue, 26 Sep 2023 05:06:29 -0700 (PDT), Tim
    R <timothy42bach@gmail.com> wrote:

    Off topic, but my Dad told me a story about his entrance physical in the Army. He said at one point the doctor said, "read the writing on the chart." My Dad said, "what chart?" The doctor made a check mark on the form and said, "hearing okay."

    That's a good one.

    The one I remember from my pre draft physical - "turn around, bend over,
    and spread your cheeks" to a room of naked men.

    What a fun job?

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  • From Allodoxaphobia@21:1/5 to Bob F on Wed Sep 27 12:44:25 2023
    On Tue, 26 Sep 2023 19:09:37 -0700, Bob F wrote:
    On 9/26/2023 6:32 PM, micky wrote:
    In sci.electronics.repair, on Tue, 26 Sep 2023 05:06:29 -0700 (PDT), Tim
    R <timothy42bach@gmail.com> wrote:

    Off topic, but my Dad told me a story about his entrance physical in the Army. He said at one point the doctor said, "read the writing on the chart." My Dad said, "what chart?" The doctor made a check mark on the form and said, "hearing okay."

    That's a good one.

    The one I remember from my pre draft physical - "turn around, bend over,
    and spread your cheeks" to a room of naked men.

    And, one of the fellas in my group stuck his 2 index fingers in his
    mouth and pulled them apart.

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  • From Bob F@21:1/5 to Allodoxaphobia on Wed Sep 27 08:47:43 2023
    On 9/27/2023 5:44 AM, Allodoxaphobia wrote:
    On Tue, 26 Sep 2023 19:09:37 -0700, Bob F wrote:
    On 9/26/2023 6:32 PM, micky wrote:
    In sci.electronics.repair, on Tue, 26 Sep 2023 05:06:29 -0700 (PDT), Tim >>> R <timothy42bach@gmail.com> wrote:

    Off topic, but my Dad told me a story about his entrance physical in the Army. He said at one point the doctor said, "read the writing on the chart." My Dad said, "what chart?" The doctor made a check mark on the form and said, "hearing okay."

    That's a good one.

    The one I remember from my pre draft physical - "turn around, bend over,
    and spread your cheeks" to a room of naked men.

    And, one of the fellas in my group stuck his 2 index fingers in his
    mouth and pulled them apart.

    Chuckle. Nice addition.

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  • From micky@21:1/5 to bobnospam@gmail.com on Wed Sep 27 13:38:11 2023
    In sci.electronics.repair, on Tue, 26 Sep 2023 19:09:37 -0700, Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 9/26/2023 6:32 PM, micky wrote:
    In sci.electronics.repair, on Tue, 26 Sep 2023 05:06:29 -0700 (PDT), Tim
    R <timothy42bach@gmail.com> wrote:

    Off topic, but my Dad told me a story about his entrance physical in the Army. He said at one point the doctor said, "read the writing on the chart." My Dad said, "what chart?" The doctor made a check mark on the form and said, "hearing okay."

    That's a good one.

    The one I remember from my pre draft physical - "turn around, bend over,
    and spread your cheeks" to a room of naked men.

    What a fun job?

    I remember that one, but I was one of the ones bending over. I think
    they were checking for flat feet.

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  • From Tim R@21:1/5 to Retirednoguilt on Thu Sep 28 18:29:42 2023
    On Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at 12:16:42 PM UTC-4, Retirednoguilt wrote:
    On 9/26/2023 11:56 AM, micky wrote:


    It's also strange, IMO, that voices only get a little louder but other noises get far louder, like even the tapping of the keyboard keys or the rustling of paper. Maybe it's that logarithmic thing about sound, or
    maybe the little noises don't really get more louder but they surpass
    some level of loudness at which my mind doesn't ignore them anymore.
    Maybe we learn to ignore little noises below a certain level.


    This is often because of microphone placement issues within a device and absence of hi-tech filtration both in items such as your yoke device and
    in lower tech hearing aids. You end up with essentially omnidirectional non-selective amplification of all sound in the environment. The higher

    This is interesting.
    I experienced something maybe related recently. I had a long wait in a dental office while a family member was worked on, and I brought a tablet (Android) and a movie downloaded from the library. And headphones, of course, because I'm not a jerk. <g>
    I think they were a cheap lightweight set like I'd take to the gym.

    While watching the movie, it seemed the office was very loud, with the music on the room speakers and the office personnel talking uncomfortably loudly. What would have been routine background noise had become intrusive. At the time I put it down to
    weird room acoustics but in hindsight it had to be the headphone/tablet combination.

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