Re: Subject: Re: Subject: [Harp-L] Re: Loud extreme amps/ Subject Re:Jason Ricc

["Vern Smith" <jevern@xxxxxxx>]

Elizabeth wrote;

> So.....call it what you will, but I've attended most  of JR&NB shows in my
> neck of the woods with my spouse who's not  at all a fan of "loud" OR 
> Harmonica
> music...and he doesn't find it the  least bit painful to listen to either.
> Contrarily...at 2005 SPAH, I  was forced to leave the Ballroom....(sitting 
> 2/3
> of the way back) when one  band in particular (not New Blood) took over 
> the
> stage because their  decibel level was much too high and "clangy" for my 
> ears,
> and I  thought I might actually be physically ill.  I did have an 
> incipient
> migraine...so I've no doubt that played into it as well.
>
> Perhaps it really is all in one's perception?

As they age, men lose their high frequency response more and sooner than do 
women.  I'll bet an audiologist would find a substantial difference between 
your hearing and that of your husband. My hearing aids boost the high 
frequencies but my low frequency response is normal.  My wife has lost some 
response at all frequiencies.  She can hear the high frequency "beeps" of 
personal electronics when I cannot.  I can hear the doves and owls outside 
when she can't.

At an outdoor concert a few years ago, we were seated very close to a huge 
speaker stack.  I chewed up a deposit slip from my check book and put the 
paper pulp in my ears.

Vern