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but2002

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Deafness
« on: June 24, 2007, 06:08:46 am »
I don't think this could have come at a worse time, I was talking to my boyfriend, then we hang up, I walk to the kitchen to get something to drink, and pop.

I'm now half deaf in my left ear ( In windows, I have my right ear set to 42%, and my left ear set to 100%, and it sounds balanced. ), and I couldn't possible have much of a worse day.
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Burning Zeppelin

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Re: Deafness
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2007, 07:10:55 am »
What if you were horribly mangled in a car accident?
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but2002

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Re: Deafness
« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2007, 07:19:30 am »
I would be dead..

:P 

After 3 hours, it still lasts, and after massaging my ear for about 10 minute, the "deafness" goes away.
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Re: Deafness
« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2007, 07:36:39 am »
You should go to the doctor if it doesn't clear up completely within the next day or so. I'd go even sooner, if possible. It sounds like a popped eardrum. Do you have an ear infection right now?
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Re: Deafness
« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2007, 08:40:09 am »
You know, sudden deafness can be life threatening(if you don't hear anything at all, that is), my german teacher had it while correcting our tests... but she is fine again now.
Just go to the Doc, can't make it any worse.
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Re: Deafness
« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2007, 01:28:30 pm »
yup, go see Doc, but dont bug him if hes still trying to cure kid >.<
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Re: Deafness
« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2007, 06:23:19 pm »
Like I said, Its only "half" deaf, and after massaging my ear for about 10 minutes, it goes away.

I think something got in my ear or something >.>
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Re: Deafness
« Reply #7 on: June 24, 2007, 06:43:18 pm »
Quote from: but2002 on June 24, 2007, 06:23:19 pm
Like I said, Its only "half" deaf, and after massaging my ear for about 10 minutes, it goes away.

I think something got in my ear or something >.>


Very well might have perforated it. Mine has a 10% perforation causing approximately a 30dB loss, sometimes up to around 50-60dB with an ear infection.
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Re: Deafness
« Reply #8 on: June 24, 2007, 07:07:04 pm »
What do you mean by '10% perforation'? The first tenth of the depth of the eardrum is perforated?
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Re: Deafness
« Reply #9 on: June 25, 2007, 01:00:02 am »
Quote from: MsBlack on June 24, 2007, 07:07:04 pm
What do you mean by '10% perforation'? The first tenth of the depth of the eardrum is perforated?

It's the amount of the surface that is perforated. It's called an "eardrum" because it acts just like a drum - it's a very thin membrane stretched over a hole that converts acoustics into 1s and 0s. Smaller perforations can be patched up like a hole in a bike tire, but bigger perforations require surgery to close it.
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Re: Deafness
« Reply #10 on: June 27, 2007, 02:43:26 pm »
Quote from: jihnsius on June 25, 2007, 01:00:02 am
it's a very thin membrane stretched over a hole that converts acoustics into 1s and 0s.
The brain is not a machine. Is doesn't think in binary, it has the capability to measure the strength of the impulse.
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Re: Deafness
« Reply #11 on: June 28, 2007, 01:19:40 am »
Curious. Is that how you would define a "machine," then?
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Re: Deafness
« Reply #12 on: June 28, 2007, 11:57:47 am »
Quote from: Kebrel on June 27, 2007, 02:43:26 pm
Quote from: jihnsius on June 25, 2007, 01:00:02 am
it's a very thin membrane stretched over a hole that converts acoustics into 1s and 0s.
The brain is not a machine. Is doesn't think in binary, it has the capability to measure the strength of the impulse.

Sarcasm, my friend.
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Re: Deafness
« Reply #13 on: June 28, 2007, 04:05:56 pm »
I think of a machine as a device meant to aid the creators in a task, a machine is non-sentient. An android is a construct that is self aware,it may aid, hinder, or ignore its creator. this definition can be changed, as it is my interpretation of a machine.
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Re: Deafness
« Reply #14 on: June 29, 2007, 09:04:26 pm »
Quote from: jihnsius on June 28, 2007, 11:57:47 am
Quote from: Kebrel on June 27, 2007, 02:43:26 pm
Quote from: jihnsius on June 25, 2007, 01:00:02 am
it's a very thin membrane stretched over a hole that converts acoustics into 1s and 0s.
The brain is not a machine. Is doesn't think in binary, it has the capability to measure the strength of the impulse.

Sarcasm, my friend.
Didn't sound sarcastic at all.
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