My Dad (75 years) lost his hearing significantly about 15 years ago. He suffers from tinnitus which causes him much discomfort.
He played music all his life. His hearing loss causes him to hear music as a dischord.
About a year ago he began to play my Mum’s classical guitar, which he found easier to hear the voicing of each string.
I set him up with a reasonably priced classical guitar with internal mic/piezo, which he uses with the listening device he has.
Voila! He is able to play again.
He now has a small mixer amp that he plays into and has mics to capture singing and any other acoustic instruments. His headphones are connected to the output. This is the extent of his hearing loss and the level at which he has to have the volume to hear!
It was horrible to see him missing playing music and so good to see him able to hear enough to play again.
I fully agree with everyone who advises to protect your hearing. I too played with a loud drummer in the 90’s - 00’s. I stood on stage with him on my right. I have recollection of laying in bed at night after a gig, ears ringing, my right one much worse.
Selfishly, I hope that hearing loss isn’t hereditary in my family, as I want many more years of the enjoyment of playing/singing music.
The moral of this story - enjoy what you have, daily.
Keep on rockin’ sensibly.
And yes
@bodia that is the title of my Christmas album so you can’t use it
