john352050
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New to this forum, excited to go back to playing drums again! It's been a few years since i played on a kit, about to purchase a new Gretsch Catalina kit!
Hopefully ya'll can help me out...
Over the years of on-and-off playing drums, and working construction, concerts, etc, I've become pretty deaf...I wear hearing aids now at the rip old age of 35, and have for the past 10yrs or so. Last time i got checked, only have about 20% hearing now, but with some expensive hearing aids, I can hear pretty dang well thankfully!
So my hearing loss poses a problem...For now, I will just be playing drums along with a CD or my phone hooked up to a stereo, for practice...which i always used to do...and of course that just added to my hearing loss. Had to have the stereo loud enough so i could hear it over my drums. I'm sure every drummer can relate.
I've been outta the drum world for awhile, and looks like everyone is using In Ear Monitors for protection.
My question is, since i already have really bad hearing loss, would IEM's be the best choice? I'm hoping to find a solution, want something that will both protect the little hearing i have left, but also allow me to hear the music I'm (attempting) to drum along with...But also still be able to hear my drums well enough so I'm not just playing by "feel."
I suppose the other (and probably cheaper) option would be to buy some kind of noise canceling headphones, but that would probably just add to my hearing loss as id need to have the volume up for whatever CD I'm playing with. Really need something that will cut out at a certain decibel...which looks like most IEM's do...but that would probably mean that my already bad hearing loss effect the music overall, and wouldn't be able to hear the stereo well enough.
Any drummers out there that have bad hearing loss, I'm desperate for ideas on how to be able to practice. To hear the other instruments in a rock band, provide protection, and hopefully hear both the music and drums!
(Sorry for the long post. Just excited to play again...if possible!)
Hopefully ya'll can help me out...
Over the years of on-and-off playing drums, and working construction, concerts, etc, I've become pretty deaf...I wear hearing aids now at the rip old age of 35, and have for the past 10yrs or so. Last time i got checked, only have about 20% hearing now, but with some expensive hearing aids, I can hear pretty dang well thankfully!
So my hearing loss poses a problem...For now, I will just be playing drums along with a CD or my phone hooked up to a stereo, for practice...which i always used to do...and of course that just added to my hearing loss. Had to have the stereo loud enough so i could hear it over my drums. I'm sure every drummer can relate.
I've been outta the drum world for awhile, and looks like everyone is using In Ear Monitors for protection.
My question is, since i already have really bad hearing loss, would IEM's be the best choice? I'm hoping to find a solution, want something that will both protect the little hearing i have left, but also allow me to hear the music I'm (attempting) to drum along with...But also still be able to hear my drums well enough so I'm not just playing by "feel."
I suppose the other (and probably cheaper) option would be to buy some kind of noise canceling headphones, but that would probably just add to my hearing loss as id need to have the volume up for whatever CD I'm playing with. Really need something that will cut out at a certain decibel...which looks like most IEM's do...but that would probably mean that my already bad hearing loss effect the music overall, and wouldn't be able to hear the stereo well enough.
Any drummers out there that have bad hearing loss, I'm desperate for ideas on how to be able to practice. To hear the other instruments in a rock band, provide protection, and hopefully hear both the music and drums!
(Sorry for the long post. Just excited to play again...if possible!)