I Can't Hear Any Deeper With Two Ears Than I Can With One Ear

[tabman]

I really dislike having to adjust the dual controls on headphones, so I turn one of them off and just use one of them.

Actually, I prefer hearing with just one ear while detecting. Besides, all that beeping can't be good for your ears. My ears should get double the mileage.

tabman

 

[BarberBill]

That's why I like the Grey Ghost models with just one knob for both sides. As to "ear mileage" I keep them at a moderate setting for the long haul lol.
BB

 

[Southwind]

Personally I like to hear all the nuances of all sounds. Not a problem when you're hearing those shallow loud signals, but, for those iffys, I want to hear it from both ears.

 

[Dave J.]

Those two ears may look the same, and may even measure about the same in audiometric testing. However there are subtle differences in how the brain actually processes information from left and right. Good example is listening on the telephone-- loudness may be the same in either ear, but ability to interpret speech (language processing) is better in one ear than the other. I think the "rule of thumb" (actually of ear?) is right handed people listen with their left ear (at least that's how it is with me).

So-- when it comes to beepers on headphones, try one ear and then the other while sweeping over a target that's giving complex sounds. Chances are than one of those ears, making sense of the sounds will be easier.

--Dave J.

 

[Flintstone]

I think David J. is right, I have really bad hearing, I have aids in both ears. My right ear is a little better than my left so you would think that i could hear on the phone better but i can,t understand as well as i can with my worst ear. I am right handed. I run my hearing aids full blast and my detector just to be able to hear it at all.I still miss alot, but have fun doing it. Good luck Flintstone

 

[BarberBill]

Dave J makes a good point. As my hearing goes, both ears seem the same volume from a single knob model and I set them to the same on dual knob models. Haven't ever tried to switch from one ear to the other over a target, but I'm thinking that unless you're listening in stereo it won't make a noticable difference how you do it.
BB

 

[markg]

Very thought provoking.

 

[Steve O]

I'm glad you said that Dave J, I can hear the same in either ear, but when it comes to listening and comprehending on the phone, I have to use my right ear...that's weird,,, I thought I was nuts.

 

[JimmyCT]

Dave J is right on! My left ear is a little worse then my right. (I'm left handed) I have an amplified phone system and no matter which ear I use it is "loud". When it comes to speech, I can hear much more clarity using my right ear. Even though I can use my left ear for hearing speech it is more muffled for me. Same thing applies with metal detecting when hearing tones.




quote="Dave J."]
Those two ears may look the same, and may even measure about the same in audiometric testing. However there are subtle differences in how the brain actually processes information from left and right. Good example is listening on the telephone-- loudness may be the same in either ear, but ability to interpret speech (language processing) is better in one ear than the other. I think the "rule of thumb" (actually of ear?) is right handed people listen with their left ear (at least that's how it is with me).

So-- when it comes to beepers on headphones, try one ear and then the other while sweeping over a target that's giving complex sounds. Chances are than one of those ears, making sense of the sounds will be easier.

--Dave J.[/quote]

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[mudpuppy]

I'm exactly the same as Earthypotluck! now this is all making sense! I MUST have dual volumn controls to balance the tones or I cant hunt worth a hoot, if I put my headphones on accidentally backwards, I lose all spacial perception for what the tones are trying to tell me. Never gave it much thought, figured this was the way everybody is. Very good to know theres some science behind this all.
Mud

 

[Critterhunter]

Makes sense to me about one ear being wired to the brain different than the other so one or the other is better at processing certain things. The headphones I like to use are light weight Sony Studio phones (small/compact/great audio), but they don't feature volume controls for each ear. So, when I found one ear was louder than the other with them (which oddly I haven't seen with other headphones so I don't think it's my hearing), to the point that I couldn't really hear the sounds coming from the less loud side of them due to my brain being overwhelmed by the louder side's response, it was driving me crazy and distracting me from my hunts. So rather than solder in volume controls for each ear, I just took the easy way out and stuffed a little foam into the louder one. Now I hear the same level of loudness out of each ear. How's that for hill billy rocket science...

 

[Steve O]

Some rigs are so simple and work well, Critter, that's using your noodle.

 

[markg]

Those two ears may look the same, and may even measure about the same in audiometric testing. However there are subtle differences in how the brain actually processes information from left and right. Good example is listening on the telephone-- loudness may be the same in either ear, but ability to interpret speech (language processing) is better in one ear than the other. I think the "rule of thumb" (actually of ear?) is right handed people listen with their left ear (at least that's how it is with me).

So-- when it comes to beepers on headphones, try one ear and then the other while sweeping over a target that's giving complex sounds. Chances are than one of those ears, making sense of the sounds will be easier.

--Dave J.

You have my attention on that statment. I'll try that the next time I hunt. Thanks

 

[fongu]

I use the dual control headphones and if one side is too loud it drives me crazy. Maybe I'm already crazy, but don't realize it until my headphones get out of balance. lol

 

[Sven]

Can you hear me now? Maybe you need an extra set of ears? With the Ear Buddies Ear Buds Ear Buddies Headphones you do get extra ears, in your ears. Truly earphones. But not like that weird mouse that grew a human ear, these are actually headphones. Mildly ridiculously looking earbud headphones, but headphones nonetheless. Rock out with your ears out

 

[Sven]

Never really gave it much thought until you mentioned it.
I do tend to use the phone and listen through one ear. Sometimes start off with one ear and switch to the other for the rest of the conversation.
I tend to favor headphones with two volume controls to even out the volume in both ears. Now I have a good excuse to open up my single volume Killer B's
and add the second volume pot, while in there add a limiter to tame down the surface target blasts.
Thank You

 

[fongu]

Good post, Sven. I needed a laugh.