How old are your ears? Test your hearing with a YouTube video

How Old Are Your Ears? An attempt to reproduce a hearing test, from AsapSCIENCE YouTube channel:



Note: You must watch in 1080p definition and use headphones. The 19,000 Hz frequency is not available due to YouTube compression the file.

Here is another video that illustrates the loss of hearing as a normal part of aging, from National Geographic:



Disclaimer: Do not make conclusions about your health based on online information. Always consult a physician.

High-Tech Hearing Aids - WSJ video

More than a third of senior citizens are hard of hearing, according to the World Health Organization. Reporter Jenny Marc reviews three new digital devices that are helping people tune back in to what's being said.

Metallica drummer struggles with tinnitus: "Once your hearing is gone, it's gone"

From CNN:

"I've been playing loud rock music for the better part of 35 years," said Ulrich, 46, drummer for the heavy metal band Metallica. "I never used to play with any kind of protection."

Early in his career, without protection for his ears, the loud noise began to follow Ulrich off-stage. "It's this constant ringing in the ears," Ulrich said. "It never sort of goes away. It never just stops." It is a condition called tinnitus, a perception of sound where there is none.

"I try to point out to younger kids ... once your hearing is gone, it's gone, and there's no real remedy."

The military is generating a tremendous number of tinnitus patients."

References:

Metallica drummer struggles with ringing in ears. CNN.

Tinnitus Support Message Board: Going to a rock concert -- taking my earplugs.

Tinnitus: Patients do not have to ‘just live with it’. CCJM, 2011.

Tinnitus relief: Suggestions for patients. CCJM, 2011.
Noise Chart as It Relates to Hearing Damage and Hearing Loss http://goo.gl/tjZh1

Beyond a hearing aid - Cochlear implants - Mayo Clinic video

From Mayo Clinic YouTube channel: Imagine what life would be like if you lost your hearing. No music, no sounds of nature, no listening to the voices of your loved ones. But some people with profound hearing loss do have options. Cochlear implants, in the right patients, offer the chance to hear again.

Adult Hearing Loss

Here is a useful overview from a CNN video: