Left ear right ear
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maggot9779
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Well, being young and stupid in a band we played pretty loud at practice and didn't wear ear protection. I usually had my left ear to my cab so I imagine that is more damaged than my right ear..although I think the difference would be negligible.
Tommy Evans
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Went an Ear Dr. a few years ago. Have some definately damage in my right ear. Also from playing too loud at practice
StefTD
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one is reduced around 30%, the other around 40-50% a bit from the loud practices and stuff, but most of it
due to ear infecations as a baby and stuff, my tinitus is way louder on the left ear but besides that I am used
to it, left ear has less high frequencies going on, low pass around 13,5khz, left ear around 14,2khz
due to ear infecations as a baby and stuff, my tinitus is way louder on the left ear but besides that I am used
to it, left ear has less high frequencies going on, low pass around 13,5khz, left ear around 14,2khz
Firaxis
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Sometimes my right ear feels blocked but isn't and I get ringing sounds like a tight resonant peak off peoples voices. Also I think my sound system might be buggered because I'm sure the right hand side has far more low mids than the left, doesn't help because I'm always doubting if it's my ears 
osiris8
Bedroom Guitarist
i haven't been to any tests, but i think hearing in my left ear has weakened. it sometimes makes me perceive a mid-panned object to be slightly more right.
i suspect it's because i used to play a click track to my left ear during band practices. now i have it panned to the middle so it comes in both od my ears, with less volume. if the damage is permanent though i might have to balance the damage i hate not being able to perceive panning accurately.
i suspect it's because i used to play a click track to my left ear during band practices. now i have it panned to the middle so it comes in both od my ears, with less volume. if the damage is permanent though i might have to balance the damage
i hate not being able to perceive panning accurately.
Empathy
Bulging Member
I favor my left ear and have had tinnitus in my right ear for as long as I can remember. Only noticeable in quiet environments but never keeps me up at night, I can just zone it out.
If I'd known I'd have gotten into the whole audio engineering thing when I was young, I'd have worn earplugs everywhere.
If I'd known I'd have gotten into the whole audio engineering thing when I was young, I'd have worn earplugs everywhere.
Ermz
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Quite different. Right ear has less top-end. Everything leans to the left for me. Been that way ever since a mild ear infection in 2007. Right ear feels like it's backed up in the eustachian tube, but no ENTs have been able to help.
Uros
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I just did some testing and my left ear seems to be about 3dB more sensitive in the 3-6kHz area, however it's far less sensitive above 15 kHz - it can barely register anything over 16kHz whereas I can hear a 19,3kHz sine wave with my right ear. I haven't experienced any general loudness differences between the two.
Nimvi
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I'm somewhat relieved to hear that this is a common thing among us. I have a lot less perception for highs on my left ear and it messes with my phantom center. Especially on mixes with a very clicky kick, everything pulls right in a very annoying way. I've found that I can somewhat compensate for it by leaning my head slightly forward, but it's not a comfortable position so I only do it when critical judgement of panning is key.
Took me a while to find out it was my left ear that was doing this. I've almost gone mad trying to setup and calibrate my monitors and room to perfection (as much as budget allows), but the obvious shift to the right still occured and I thought I was going nuts. Until I put on a good pair of headphones at a friend's place later that day, and noticed the same thing. That's when it struck me. And it made me feel very mortal.
Took me a while to find out it was my left ear that was doing this. I've almost gone mad trying to setup and calibrate my monitors and room to perfection (as much as budget allows), but the obvious shift to the right still occured and I thought I was going nuts. Until I put on a good pair of headphones at a friend's place later that day, and noticed the same thing. That's when it struck me. And it made me feel very mortal.
plague_rider
Coffee
If i'm in a club or place where its similarly difficult to hear, people have to talk into my right ear... or i find it hard to make out what they're saying...
Melb_shredder
Orpheus: Melodic Death
Yep, my right is is EVER so slightly weaker in the upper mids than my left ear. It's almost negligible.. But when i've got headphones on it's noticeable!
heshian46
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My left ear is reduced by about 40%, found out after having a hearing test done at work. I'm guessing its from having the drum monitor blasting in my ear from the same side, for hundreds of shows, over a 4-5 year period. Its definitely noticeable to me, but I dont let it get to me too much.
loud backing noise like that makes it much harder to understand what people are saying for me as well, and other people don't seem to have the problem to the same degree.
it gets really annoying when you're in some bar that plays music kinda loud and you're trying to discuss with several people but can't actually hear what they're saying, and end up dropping off from the conversation.
B36arin
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Same here! But my ears have sounded slightly different for as long as I can remember, so it doesn't have anything to do with hearing damage as far as I know.
There was an old thread on this same subject, and I'm pretty sure that the conclusion was that both ears aren't identical(even from birth), and will therefore sound slightly different no matter what.
I did a hearing test last year where they didn't detect any damage, and the fact that I perceive sound in my left ear slightly more present didn't show up on the tests. I'm VERY anal about always using ear plugs, and I hate doing FOH because of the volume.
Melb_shredder
Orpheus: Melodic Death
That's it. I got it tested and no damage seems present. It's just how my ears have been since I can remember. i only really started noticing though WHEN I got into engineering because I was never so critical of my hearing. I've worn earplugs since I started playing guitar though. At prac, at gigs, at gigs I'm GOING to.. I get super paranoid about that shit. I want to hear shit at 40.. I want to mix well at 40 haha
DeclanWhite
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ive always worn earplugs from day 1, so i doubt mine are damaged.
although sometimes my right ear is louder.... or maybe there's hair in the way... or im going crazy
although sometimes my right ear is louder.... or maybe there's hair in the way... or im going crazy
I guess most people don't hear the same in both ears, since their birth.
The high frequency loss would be interesting topic. That's something that is unavoidable because it's the part of the aging process.
The high frequency loss would be interesting topic. That's something that is unavoidable because it's the part of the aging process.
