Do you hear equally with your both ears?

I'm afraid that that hearing in my right ear is worse than in the left one... 

Considering what I've put my ears through over the past 50 years I'm surprised I can hear at all - yet my hearing is pretty good and equal in both ears. I can only smell in one nostril though - luckily there is little need for a stereo-osmic ability.

Luckily for a music lover as I am, I have very good hearing, which is compensation for not having very good eyesight (though it could be definitely worse, like my mom's was). 

Originally posted by The Quiet One One of my ears has that "buzz" every now and then which really bothers, and I'm sure it's product of the  abundant use of headphones some years from now. This obviously will produce some sort-of deafness in future years unfortunately if I'm not mistaken.

I'm not actually sure.

When I listen to music, it sounds as if both ears are equal.

However, when I use a mobile telephone, I find I prefer to use my left ear, as I cannot hear as well out of my right one.

Very peculiar.

Also, my left ear seems to always suffer from more wax that the right one.  When I get my ears wet, it's always the left one that fills up with water.


Edited by James - September 13 2009 at 16:24

My left ear is pretty weak... hasn't been too much problematic though, until now

M<y right ear got damaged slightly after an abcess. It never recoverd fully but I am less aware of it now as it happened 30 years ago. My brain has adjusted for sound. But if I think aboit it. It feels slightly blocked.

All my hearing tests while in the service showed I had equal hearing in both ears, I hear exceptionally well which is a blessing and a curse, somethings you just are not meant to hear, haha...

Originally posted by mystic fred i know this was up on the forum recently, but it is a good frequency test - test each ear seperately..   http://www.ultrasonic-ringtones.com/

Thanks for the post - I'll try this out a bit later



-Joel

I had a worrying experience this past Summer when I seriously thought I was losing my hearing - it turned out to be an infection in my middle ears. Eventually it went away on its own (steam inhalation did help, but there isn't much else you can do apparently).

I went for a hearing test and was relieved to be told that - apart from the aforementioned ear infection - my hearing was fine in both ears. I also went and had the wax syringed from my ears

Mind you, with all the loud concerts I went to back in 70s and 80s its a wonder my ears aren't permanently wrecked. These days I try to look after them a bit more - I dunno what I'd do without being able to listen to music...