Re: Just wondering....what's your volume?

[Guest guest]

Echoing exactly what you said. That fits me perfectly.

>

> I don't speak very loudly. In fact, some might call it mumbling. But

> it sounds loud enough in my head. I get so tired of people asking me

> to repeat myself. And if I speak louder, I feel like I'm yelling.

>

> Just wondering if this could be 4S related...you know, Superman

> hearing and all?!

>

[Guest guest]

Do you guys think that maybe we're so used to listening to any noises that we've so finely tuned our ears so that we can hear things louder than most people? I guess that would make sense if the ear drum was a muscle, right!?!?!I feel that everything is very loud and get very irritated by noise, babies crying, people yelling, cars, trucks, loud music. But it still doesn't cause the same effect as the triggers do...it's just annoying...andraTo: Soundsensitivity Sent: Tuesday, December 9, 2008 2:17:55 AMSubject: Re: Just wondering....what's your volume?

Echoing exactly what you said. That fits me perfectly.>> I don't speak very loudly. In fact, some might call it mumbling. But> it sounds loud enough in my head. I get so tired of people asking me> to repeat myself. And if I speak louder, I feel like I'm yelling. > > Just wondering if this could be 4S related...you know, Superman> hearing and all?!>------------------------------------PLEASE BE AWARE THIS IS A STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL GROUP AND NO MESSAGES ARE TO BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE OUTSIDE OF THE YAHOO GROUP MEMBERSHIP SITE OR REPRODUCED OR COPIED AND MAILED FOR ANY PURPOSE. ALSO DO NOT SHARE MEMBER EMAIL ADDRESSES OR NAMES WITH

ANYONE.Thank you. MJ

[Guest guest]

When I went to the ear doc they tested my hearing and told me that I

have 'superhuman' hearing. I was hearing sounds out of the normal range

for human hearing. I told the doc all about my 4S and the problems it

has caused me. After the hearing test she walked in and before she

introduced herself she quietly said, " Can you tolerate the sound of my

voice? Is it too loud? " . I told her that her voice was fine and she

asked " can you tolerate the sound of a baby crying loudly?' I said 'no

that hurts'.

I asked some questions and she told me that I not only hear noises that

others with normal hearing would not hear but that I perceive the sound

louder than a normal hearing person.

The kicker was that she kept telling me that I had been given this

gift. She said it over and over and I finially said 'this is no gift

lady' and started to cry.

>

> Do you guys think that maybe we're so used to listening to any noises

that we've so finely tuned our ears so that we can hear things louder

than most people? I guess that would make sense if the ear drum was a

muscle, right!?!?!

>

> I feel that everything is very loud and get very irritated by noise,

babies crying, people yelling, cars, trucks, loud music. But it still

doesn't cause the same effect as the triggers do...it's just annoying...

>

> andra

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I'm sorry that you had to go through this...another traumatizing experience at the doctor's office for you, as if you didn't have enough. I believe that it's just ignorance to our condition. It gets so frustrating because I feel that doctors should know more about this type of disorder and even if they don't, they should be ope to understanding that it's painful in every way, certainly not a "gift."If all of life's gifts were like this one I think we would have all jumped out the window years ago...andraTo: Soundsensitivity Sent: Tuesday, December 9, 2008 6:08:00 AMSubject: Re: Just wondering....what's your volume?

When I went to the ear doc they tested my hearing and told me that I have 'superhuman' hearing. I was hearing sounds out of the normal range for human hearing. I told the doc all about my 4S and the problems it has caused me. After the hearing test she walked in and before she introduced herself she quietly said, "Can you tolerate the sound of my voice? Is it too loud?". I told her that her voice was fine and she asked "can you tolerate the sound of a baby crying loudly?' I said 'no that hurts'.I asked some questions and she told me that I not only hear noises that others with normal hearing would not hear but that I perceive the sound louder than a normal hearing person.The kicker was that she kept telling me that I had been given this gift. She said it over and over and I finially said 'this is no gift lady' and started to cry.>> Do you guys think that maybe we're so used to listening to any noises that we've so finely tuned our ears so that we can hear things louder than most people? I guess that would make sense if the ear drum was a muscle, right!?!?!> > I feel that everything is very loud and get very irritated by noise, babies crying, people yelling, cars, trucks, loud music. But it still doesn't cause the same effect as the triggers do...it's just annoying...> > andra> > > > >------------------------------------PLEASE BE AWARE THIS IS A STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL GROUP AND NO MESSAGES ARE TO BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE OUTSIDE OF THE YAHOO GROUP MEMBERSHIP SITE OR REPRODUCED OR COPIED AND MAILED FOR ANY

PURPOSE. ALSO DO NOT SHARE MEMBER EMAIL ADDRESSES OR NAMES WITH ANYONE.Thank you. MJ

[Guest guest]

I have a quiet voice too, and people are always asking me to repeat myself. My husband says I mumble, but I think it sounds loud and like an echo in my head. I absolutely hate speaking loudly. It gives me a headache.

I startle easily by loud sounds, though I don't think I fit the definition of someone with hyperacusis. Maybe just a touch. My hearing hasn't been tested in a while, but I know every hearing test I took as a kid was perfect. I wonder if I can hear outside the realm of normal like . I would cry too if someone insisted I had been given a gift. Like most unusual "gifts", there's a hefty flip-side.

[Guest guest]

I sound very loud to myself. I find myself asking others if I'm speaking

too loudly, because I sound so loud to myself. If I have to do a lot of

talking I can get a headache from it. Could all be related 4S related.

-Randall

[Guest guest]

I remember having my hearing tested in my early 20's. It was one of my

first medical steps to trying to figure out what was wrong with my ears.

First time I had a test done too. Had forgotten about it until now.

The doctor doing the test just wouldn't believe me when I said I could

hear the sound when it should have been out of human hearing range.

Thought I was lying.

I agree, this condition IS NOT A GIFT! If it were, wouldn't we be easily

employable? Goes to show how others just don't understand what horrible

things we endure with having " super human " hearing.

I feel like if there is a Hell, then I'm living there right now through

this sound sensitivity. It really is the difference between night and

day, with someone who has 4S and someone who doesn't.

-Randall

[Guest guest]

I really irritate myself if I hear myself talking too much, it really annoys me. Though this could just be because I talk so much. I feel like I'm just going on and on and on about nothing and after a while I just can't stand to hear myself talk. It sounds loud and screechy and piercing and irritating and I start feeling really anxious and annoyed...To: Soundsensitivity Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 1:13:39 AMSubject: Re: Just wondering....what's your volume?

I sound very loud to myself. I find myself asking others if I'm speaking too loudly, because I sound so loud to myself. If I have to do a lot of talking I can get a headache from it. Could all be related 4S related.-Randall------------------------------------PLEASE BE AWARE THIS IS A STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL GROUP AND NO MESSAGES ARE TO BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE OUTSIDE OF THE YAHOO GROUP MEMBERSHIP SITE OR REPRODUCED OR COPIED AND MAILED FOR ANY PURPOSE. ALSO DO NOT SHARE MEMBER EMAIL ADDRESSES OR NAMES WITH ANYONE.Thank you. MJ

[Guest guest]

I admit it took me some time to get over the ear doc saying over and

over that my super human hearing was a gift. I tried to come up with

some ways that my 'gift' might be useful....

1. I could be used as a spy to over hear others conversations?

2. I could listen for people tapping for help after a building

collapse? (I think the dogs would have me beat!)

3. I could go to the rainforest and listen for bird/animal sounds and

help biologists??

4. Earplug tester?

Pretty far reaching, but a little humor helps! Can you think of

anymore ways our 'gift' could be used?

> >

> > Do you guys think that maybe we're so used to listening to any

noises

> that we've so finely tuned our ears so that we can hear things

louder

> than most people? I guess that would make sense if the ear drum

was a

> muscle, right!?!?!

> >

> > I feel that everything is very loud and get very irritated by

noise,

> babies crying, people yelling, cars, trucks, loud music. But it

still

> doesn't cause the same effect as the triggers do...it's just

annoying...

> >

> > andra

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

>

> ------------------------------------

>

> PLEASE BE AWARE THIS IS A STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL GROUP AND NO

MESSAGES ARE TO BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE OUTSIDE OF THE YAHOO GROUP

MEMBERSHIP SITE OR REPRODUCED OR COPIED AND MAILED FOR ANY PURPOSE.

>

> ALSO DO NOT SHARE MEMBER EMAIL ADDRESSES OR NAMES WITH ANYONE.

> Thank you. MJ

[Guest guest]

Being foley artists and finding the right materials used to replicate sound

effects for television.

In that vein, telling editors when to edit out lip-smacking and disturbing

breathing noises.

Being impersonators and mimicking others' voices.

= M-F.

----- Original Message -----

>I admit it took me some time to get over the ear doc saying over and

> over that my super human hearing was a gift. I tried to come up with

> some ways that my 'gift' might be useful....

>

> 1. I could be used as a spy to over hear others conversations?

>

> 2. I could listen for people tapping for help after a building

> collapse? (I think the dogs would have me beat!)

>

> 3. I could go to the rainforest and listen for bird/animal sounds and

> help biologists??

>

> 4. Earplug tester?

>

> Pretty far reaching, but a little humor helps! Can you think of

> anymore ways our 'gift' could be used?