About the lack of stereo hearing.
May. 27th, 2009 12:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tenayaI was thinking about this last night and wanted to make note of it. Move along now to something more interesting. *g*
I think with hearing it's not a case of 1+1=2; it's more like 1+1=4. I was surprised by how poor sound sounded through one ear. It's that or else there has been hearing loss in the right ear due to aging/too many rock concerts.
Being able to triangulate gives you a continuing sense of your nearby environment. Think of a radar screen and how you can see what's around you constantly. Without stereo, that perception of your environment is gone. Or, think of a cat sitting out in the sun with his eyes closed. His ears are constantly flicking this way and that. That is the amount of info you are taking in, even though you can't twitch your ears.
Naturally, everything is muted. Leaning forward with a hand reaching up to cup an ear with a quizzical look works much better and faster than explaining that you are hard of hearing.
Cars sneak up really quickly on your bad side in parking lots.
Loud noises are disorientating and stressful. Without triangulation, you can't separate a loud noise far away from a quieter noise up close. It's a wall of sound and I think the brain just interprets it all as too close. It's surprisingly stressful.
I really disliked earplugs because of the radar screen bit from above, except with the plugs, all sense of environment is gone. As a light sleeper, I am more comfortable waking for odd noises, identifying them, and returning to sleep. Earplugs made me feel very vulnerable which affected my ability to fall asleep.
The hearing is my left ear is coming back pretty good. The sound is harsh and has some of the ranges missing. Sounds like a kid has been messing with an equalizer. *g*
I think with hearing it's not a case of 1+1=2; it's more like 1+1=4. I was surprised by how poor sound sounded through one ear. It's that or else there has been hearing loss in the right ear due to aging/too many rock concerts.
Being able to triangulate gives you a continuing sense of your nearby environment. Think of a radar screen and how you can see what's around you constantly. Without stereo, that perception of your environment is gone. Or, think of a cat sitting out in the sun with his eyes closed. His ears are constantly flicking this way and that. That is the amount of info you are taking in, even though you can't twitch your ears.
Naturally, everything is muted. Leaning forward with a hand reaching up to cup an ear with a quizzical look works much better and faster than explaining that you are hard of hearing.
Cars sneak up really quickly on your bad side in parking lots.
Loud noises are disorientating and stressful. Without triangulation, you can't separate a loud noise far away from a quieter noise up close. It's a wall of sound and I think the brain just interprets it all as too close. It's surprisingly stressful.
I really disliked earplugs because of the radar screen bit from above, except with the plugs, all sense of environment is gone. As a light sleeper, I am more comfortable waking for odd noises, identifying them, and returning to sleep. Earplugs made me feel very vulnerable which affected my ability to fall asleep.
The hearing is my left ear is coming back pretty good. The sound is harsh and has some of the ranges missing. Sounds like a kid has been messing with an equalizer. *g*
