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What degree of hearing loss is 60%, i dont understand how hearing loss is measured in percentages. My friend told me she has a 60% hearing loss
 
Hear Again put a link for that one time. Percent is not really used. Ask what her decibels of loss are. That would tell you more.

But if she really meant 60 db loss, that is moderate, but right on the edge of severe.
 
60% hearing loss, when your friend get a cochlear implant, it would rise up the percentage from 60 to 20 or something like that. :lol:
 
just a polite correction: a 60% hearing loss would not qualify one for a ci. in addition, speech discrimination must be 40% or less with hearing aids.
 
the average dB that someone with a ci can hear is between 20 and 30 dB. some people like myself can even hear at 15 dB.
 
this topic got me wondering so i found my hearing test results.

Speech Reception Threshold:
Right: 90db
Left: 90db

Word Recognition/Speech Discrimination
Right: 56% @ 105db
Left: 32% @ 110db
 
I can only hear at 35 db with my ci but at some hertz it goes up to 40
 
deafteen,

being able to hear at 35 dB with your ci isn't bad. that's only 5 dB lower than ci users who can hear at 30 dB.
 
But it is not bad is it?

Sometimes i wonder why i cant hear as low as other ci users but that is me i guess!!
 
Deafteen90 said:
But it is not bad is it?

Sometimes i wonder why i cant hear as low as other ci users but that is me i guess!!
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no, it's not bad at all. in fact, it's quite good and isn't too far below the average of what most ci users hear.

as for hearing at 15 or 20 dB, this varies from person to person. it doesn't mean that you aren't doing as well as they are. it simply means that you hear differently than they do. remember, much of what a person is able to hear with their ci depends on how long they have been deaf. you're prelingually deaf, so you will hear differently than most people like myself who are postlingually deaf.

does that make sense?
 
pre lingual?
does that mean deaf before learning to speak?


Thanks to you all for explaining about the degree of hearing loss, my friend told me last night she has a 60% hearing loss and i didnt understand what category of hearing loss that was in, mild, moderate,severe,profound. I dont understand why people who use % its just weird
 
deafteen,

yes, prelingual means that a person lost their hearing before speech was acquired -- usually birth to age 3.

i don't know why people use percentages either -- although it's probably because they are easier to understand than decibels.
 
Percentage is easier for hearing people to understand and I refer to speech recongnition when refering to percentage of loss. While not accurate pleasing to every one here, it satisfies most hearing people and makes them feel like they understand :)
 
i never express my hearing loss in terms of percentage (although at the present i really don't have to since i'm totally deaf without my ci's) only because i'm afraid that if i do, it will encourage people to do the same if they ever lose their hearing. describing hearing loss in a percentage is inaccurate and only confuses others because they think a 60% hearing loss equates to a loss of 60 dB when in fact, it does not.
 
Hear Again said:
i never express my hearing loss in terms of percentage (although at the present i really don't have to since i'm totally deaf without my ci's) only because i'm afraid that if i do, it will encourage people to do the same if they ever lose their hearing. describing hearing loss in a percentage is inaccurate and only confuses others because they think a 60% hearing loss equates to a loss of 60 dB when in fact, it does not.
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Exactly, Hear Again. If percentage were a proper usage, my HL would be 115%!!! :giggle:
 
Hear Again said:
i never express my hearing loss in terms of percentage (although at the present i really don't have to since i'm totally deaf without my ci's) only because i'm afraid that if i do, it will encourage people to do the same if they ever lose their hearing. describing hearing loss in a percentage is inaccurate and only confuses others because they think a 60% hearing loss equates to a loss of 60 dB when in fact, it does not.
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That's true.

One person with 70% hearing loss could hear or understand better than another person with 70% hearing loss. It's just a matter of what kind of hearing loss it is.

I have similar hearing loss in both ears, but I understand better out of my left ear than my right ear.
 
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