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Please don’t stop the music, just turn it down a little

21 May 05:45am

Filed under: Entertainment, Heath, Music, Society

Huh? What? Or if I’m feeling a little more polite than usual, I beg your pardon. These have become my most-uttered phrases lately - you see, I’m going deaf.

What? The sniffer dogs were looking for hugs? Picture: Cameron Richardson

Well technically, my hearing is still within the normal limits, but my left ear is a Big Day Out or two away from slipping below the magical line and the hearing test people are worried.

It seems I’ll need a hearing aid by the time I’m 50, or earlier if I don’t make drastic changes.

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Kitchen Philosopher says:

09:00am | 23/05/10

It all depends on the sound engineer who’s doing the mixing. If he/she is any good at the job, the music should be loud enough to stil be cool, but not so loud that your spleen wants to explode. Unfortunately, I believe the ‘rule of thumb’ is that the sound… Read more »
AJ says:

06:09pm | 22/05/10

Only yesterday I praised the young girl at the local coffee shop for her Wolfmother t-shirt. She replied that she also liked my AC/DC t-shirt. Then she complained that the Wolfmother concert wasn’t loud enough. I told her that I had been to 2 AC/DC concerts and I had probably… Read more »

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