fritz Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 I know a lot of us have a somewhat dimished hearing. It comes with all the years we have been shooting (sometimes without ear protectors). But right now I am totally deaf, probably only temporary and I see a ENT specialist tomorrow. The family doc said that ear wax has gotten so impacted that she prefers to let a specialist remove it. If that were the only problem, it wouldn't be so bad as the fact that a severe cold brought this on, and has now decided to hang around. Right now I just want to get a slight bit of hearing back. As to eyesight, hell that went down the tube years ago. I used to have eyes so sharp that I could tell the slightest movement several hundred yards away from a deer blind. Come to think of it, I could hear the deer moving within 100 yards. Thank God for "closed captioning" on the TV, but for the football games it wasn't necessary. A touchdown is a touchdown. PS: By eyesight and hearing loss, I refer to partial loss and not total loss of either. fritz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swamprat Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 Fritz, I had that ear wax thing some years back and it was a pain in the butt. My equallibrium was screwed up big time. If I had to choose eyes or hearing loss I guess I would take hearing loss. I can always read a book. Get better. Swamprat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doble Troble Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 What? Just kidding. I'm not as old as you guys, but I'm not hearing too well any more either. I almost find this convenient, although my spouse doesn't like it. I thought that the eyesight was going, and it is, but I keep getting new glasses and have embraced trifocals and I can shoot with Garand sights as well as I ever could, but I have to make sure the glasses are sitting just right, glasses adjustment has become part of the routine. I bet I have an earwax problem too - sometimes it feels like I have water in my ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FC Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 Itchy ears and poorer hearing tips me off that the wax is building up. Loss of eyesight would be worse. Fritz, they suck the wax out of my ears with what sounds like an old Eureka vacuum. Have you softened up the ear wax with drops yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fritz Posted January 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 Tony, I softened the wax with some of the drops mrs fritz's doc gave her for a popped eardrum. It happened the night after we got home from my appointment. I don't know why the doc didn't give me any, maybe something about family practioner not wanting to be accused of treating a patient wrong before referring him. I had a kidney stone once, and being pretty darned sure that is what it was, went right to a urologist. He seemed puzzled as to why I wasn't referred. I told him I was cutting out the middle man (and I did, but there was still one more specialist down the line---the kidney specialist). A very wise fellow, he fixed me up without any surgery. mrs fritz will not require surgery for the eardrum, just antibiotics and time. Today, after one day of softening (instead of three as could have been) I had my ENT appointment. He sucked the wax out with a mini-Hoover attached to a scope. I loved the sound of it. But then the real problem was discovered---fluid behind both eardrums, infection in both. I have some hearing back, but won't have the rest until the infection is gone. Included in the appointment was a hearing test, and I'm going to need hearing aids by summer. After that comes new eyeglass in order to pass my driver's test this fall. It's a real blast growing old---but what's the alternative? fritz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGRWJB Posted January 6, 2007 Report Share Posted January 6, 2007 I was having hearing problems in my right ear. When I went in to get it checked they found it partially clogged with wax. When they cleaned it out it was unbelievable that i could hear so well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.