Oh, yeah, and my screen name over there was fatou dust, same as my lj now, because I thought everyone on the internet were going to be geeks and would know what my math name was. But not so much. Disappointing.

I can totally hear the teenager sound, but I have always had extra range in that part of my hearing. The SO tested me with pure tones generated by his recording deck, and my hearing was way higher than the normal range. Can't remember the number, but I hear things like the remote control and CRTs and stuff.

I've always had a hard time hearing conversation if there's a lot of background noise. In grade school they tested our hearing - they told me I was more sensitive to high and low pitched sounds than most people.

Hmmm - I'll have to try that teenager sound again. I wonder if years of concerts, walkmen, iPods, etc. have damaged my hearing. Or maybe I should phrase that, "How much has my hearing been damaged?"

When I went to my doctor's a few weeks back for my checkup, I mentioned that I've been thinking about getting my hearing checked. I've noticed lately that I tend to talk a bit louder than I used to--I think that might be due to not hearing as well, maybe? When I go in tomorrow for the blood draw and skin-tag removal, I'll mention it to her again.

I have no problem hearing the teenager sound as well, and yeah, that would get annoying really fast.

I have a horrible time hearing conversation over background noise. If I get into a place with lots of people and bad acoustics I feel almost deaf with regards to understanding conversation.

I remember a moment in middle school music class where, after some singing, the music teacher took me aside and played a couple of notes on the piano. She asked me to tell her which note was a higher pitch and I told her that they were exactly the same. It marked the end of my musical aspirations which was okay since I didn't have any.

I couldn't hear the teenager sound. I am very not surprised. (too many rock shows, too few uses of earplugs)

I have a question and a belated thanks:

There's a video that I'd like to save onto my hard drive: [link]

Is there a way to do that? I understand that they probably don't want you to, and that there might be copyright issues, but I think my class falls under fair use guidelines -- mostly I just want to know if it's technically possible.

And I'm just reminded that the last time I asked almost this exact same question, someone sent me the file I asked about, and I never thanked them. Thank you, kind Buffista!

I have a horrible time hearing conversation over background noise. If I get into a place with lots of people and bad acoustics I feel almost deaf with regards to understanding conversation.

Yeah, me too. Occasionally someone tells me that "everyone has trouble hearing conversation with a lot of background noise," and then I point out that I've been in bars many times with people who were talking and hearing each other just fine, and I can't understand a single thing anyone's saying....

I have a horrible time hearing conversation over background noise. If I get into a place with lots of people and bad acoustics I feel almost deaf with regards to understanding conversation.

I am like that too. I practically give up on conversations in bars because people get frustrated after the conversation turns into a litany of "WHAT??"

When I was a kid, I was super sensitive to sound like the teenager sound...there were certain stores in the local mall that would cause painful ringing in my ear every time I walked by. My parent's thought I was crazy. My computer monitor here at work also gives off a slight ringing sound.

I have a crazy amount of stuff to do that I can't get started because I can't decide what's the most important to do first.

DH got a decent annual raise and a pretty generous bonus today.

Please don't feel guilty. It's just great to see good news.

I can't hear conversation over background noise, which just adds to my general antisocialness. I just smile and nod.

I couldn't hear the teenage noise either. I've also noticed lately that I hear ringing a lot of the time, which could be ... I don't know, maybe sinus stuff? I hope?