Hearing Loss?
#2
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Join Date: May 2011
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I can think of 2 reasons.
First, the commercials always seem to be louder.
Second, I have a hard time hearing dialogue in tv shows if there's music or other background noise, like a crowd, also in the tv show. I always chalked this up to my husband's desire to have a fancy-schmancy theater setup. He has 6 speakers for "surround sound", and the dialogue comes out of the center channel speaker, which sits right under the tv. Music and background noise (like typing, printers, and ringing phones in an office scene on tv) comes out of the speakers that are back towards the couch, so that's what I hear most of. Drives me nuts and he finds himself alone often in the evenings because of it.
First, the commercials always seem to be louder.
Second, I have a hard time hearing dialogue in tv shows if there's music or other background noise, like a crowd, also in the tv show. I always chalked this up to my husband's desire to have a fancy-schmancy theater setup. He has 6 speakers for "surround sound", and the dialogue comes out of the center channel speaker, which sits right under the tv. Music and background noise (like typing, printers, and ringing phones in an office scene on tv) comes out of the speakers that are back towards the couch, so that's what I hear most of. Drives me nuts and he finds himself alone often in the evenings because of it.
#3
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Ontario, Canada
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If you can't hear the commercials then it is probably hearing loss. Hearing aids are grossly over priced though. I watched a report where it only costs about $20 in materials to make most of them. All the other costs are for the fancy office, hearing test and maintainance.
#4
Maybe you have some degree of hearing loss.
I do know that the commercials are much louder than the regular programming. I will be watching a program and the sound level is comfortable. Then a commercial comes on and it is like the sound level shoots way up. Trying to get our attention, I guess, so they hype up the ads. They don't get my attention because I mute the sound as soon as the ads come on.
I do know that the commercials are much louder than the regular programming. I will be watching a program and the sound level is comfortable. Then a commercial comes on and it is like the sound level shoots way up. Trying to get our attention, I guess, so they hype up the ads. They don't get my attention because I mute the sound as soon as the ads come on.
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If you can't hear the commercials then it is probably hearing loss. Hearing aids are grossly over priced though. I watched a report where it only costs about $20 in materials to make most of them. All the other costs are for the fancy office, hearing test and maintainance.
#8
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: dallas tx.
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Yes, Texas, my kids and grandkids all run their words together. And Bear we have the worst time hearing TV's. A lot of people on tv talk good the first of the sentence, then they whisper the important part. We look at each other and say "What did they say"? Gotta go back and re-run it. And I have hearing aids over on the shelf.ha,ha.
#9
I find that with the oldies radio station in my new truck is like that. I'm with Neesie , I think it is the lower quality of the music 40 or so years ago. I have a top notch radio, know it can't be that.
I think the loud commercials is because they know people are getting something to eat or drink or going to the restroom. They want to make sure they can be heard. I don't buy from seeing something on TV or hearing it on the radio.
I think the loud commercials is because they know people are getting something to eat or drink or going to the restroom. They want to make sure they can be heard. I don't buy from seeing something on TV or hearing it on the radio.
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