I had the reverse. My wife set up an appointment many years ago because
she thought my hearing was going bad and that I could here what she was
saying. She worked for an ENT and they had a audiologist in the office.
Needless to say, the audiologist said I could hear a fly walking on the
carpet on the other side of the room. That didn't set well. I wish I had
hearing like that now. Over the last year I have wound up with low
frequency hearing loss and ringing in one ear.

Ross

Jon Kraus wrote:

I really do have some hearing impairment. Enough that I can get words
mixed up and not really know what you are saying sometimes... I
attribute the problem to loud music for years during my teenage years...
It gave me a case of tinnitus (ringing in the ears). Anyway I went and
had my hearing checked and was told that my deficiency was in the "range
of a womans voice".. I told my wife what the tester said and she thought
I was BSing her.... :-)...

Jon

LWG wrote:

Yes, around the frequencies of the human female's speech. What more
proof do you need that there is a merciful God.

" The reality is that noise-induced and age-related hearing loss most

frequently occurs in the higher frequencies. The human ear is
significantly more susceptible to noise-induced hearing loss at high
frequencies, where ANR has no effect.