There were about 20 sparrows outside – some parents, and some youngsters demanding to be fed. The chatter of the House Sparrows was really getting on my nerves, making it hard for me to concentrate on the numbers on the spreadsheet. “I can’t hear myself think for the birds,” I explained. Recently, I was working on our business accounts with my husband/business partner, when I got up and closed the French doors. The same goes for the chatter of the sparrows. However, I wouldn’t go as far as to say I found them ‘relaxing’, which my husband does. With my hearing aids in, I have become accustomed to the Rooks’ calls. If I hear/perceive the ‘clicking’ sound, I don’t know which it is: Rook, radio or tinnitus. We have a breeding colony of Rooks opposite our house and, without my hearing aids, the noise the Rooks make sound the same to me as voices on the radio and one of my tinnitus sounds. Since moving to the countryside, I have a new contender for my ‘what’s that noise?’ quiz: Rooks. Sometimes, when I’m half asleep, it’s hard to know if it’s my tinnitus I hear, or if my husband’s has turned on the radio. I have a tinnitus noise which sounds just like these clicks and chirrups. I have no hearing at all in my other ear.) (I have otosclerosis in my hearing ear, which means I’m losing my hearing progressively from the lowest pitches upwards. Unlike many people with hearing loss, I can still hear very high pitch noises without my hearing aids. When I don’t have my hearing aids in, the most irritating sound I encounter is the tinny ‘chirping’ and ‘clicking’ of voices on the radio. What fascinates me is how something one person finds irritating another finds soothing – and vice versa. A State-by-State Guide for Hearing Aid InsuranceĪs someone with single-sided hearing loss, I’m grateful for the sounds that my hearing technology has allowed me to continue to experience, but sometimes, some noises – even those that others perceive as soothing – are just irritating to me.īirds, flowing water and voices on the radio: these might be a welcomed break from the otherwise chaotic noisy world for some people, but for myself and my hearing loss, these sounds can drive me to distraction.
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