[yourgrandma]

I hate to bring back threads over a month old, but the degradation of my precious hearing is troubling me a lot.

I'm only twenty, but in the spring, a lapse in judgement partially brought about by Grain Belt Premium, resulted in a pretty major trauma to my ears. I was lighting my home made cannon and the fuse jumped, causing the blast from the vent hole to blow right in my face. The muscle in there contracted and i didnt start to hear better for at least four or five days. Needless to say i was pretty upset. Still am actually, as i do have a ring, and a noticeable distortion. Sounds almost like a blown tweeter.

I went to a doctor to make sure I hadnt perforated an eardrum, she sait it was just inflamed and other than decreased sensitivity, everything should come back to normal. Well not quite, but after having read mention of possible improvements through medical prosedures, I'm definately going to an audiologist. It pains me to not be able to tell the differance between an optical and medium quality analog cable from mt CD player, an excersise I once was good at, I can now barely tell.