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  1. 12-17-2004 11:08 AM #1
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    Default Dominant ear

    Ever compared your ears as to which one hears better?

    Listen to a voicemail with the phone receiver up to one ear, then, listen to the same message with the other ear.

    My left ear has much better detail than my right ear. I suppose 16 years of subwoofer bass has taken its toll.

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  2. 12-17-2004 11:15 AM #2
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    Default Re: Dominant ear

    Originally posted by PolkThug


    My left ear has much better detail than my right ear
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    same here
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    What?

    I have better hearing out of my right ear.
    When I got braces, they moved my jaw and now my left ear doesn't drain as well(blocking my hearing).
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    WHAT??? HUH???
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    I have hearing loss in my left ear, but I don't really notice it when listening to music.

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    I've noticed my left ear has always worked best when on the phone etc., but everything's equal when it comes to listening in stereo and what not - I never gave it much thought, just figured it was normal - kinda like being right or left handed.......

    .......but I'm Polish..........so I have an excuse.........;)
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    Default me too

    I also noticed that I can hear the phone better in my left ear than I can in my right. I've never noticed any difference when I'm listening to music, though.
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    So, it seems common, or at least everyone who has responded, has a "dominant ear." For some reason, I thought I was more alone with this issue. :)

    Are you guys with dominant left ears also right handed like me?
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  9. 12-17-2004 05:42 PM #9
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    I can hear better out of my left ear.
    I can see better out of my right eye.
    I write and eat with my left hand but do everything else right handed.

    Im all screwed up. :(
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    Originally posted by MacLeod

    Im all screwed up. :(
    Nope, you're just amphibious!
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    Probably TMI, but here's a scientific study from Stanford (might appeal to the graphers in the group):

    Ear Dominance for Pitch Stimuli
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    Originally posted by PolkThug
    Nope, you're just amphibious!
    LOL!!

    That would explain my looks and why I have seemed to be anti-attractive to chicks all my life! :p
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    My ears are pretty much the same, but my left nipple is way more sensitive!!

    Does that count?:D :D :D
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    Left ear
    Right hand

    Originally posted by PolkThug
    Nope, you're just amphibious!
    Ambidextrous!
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    My right ear is a lot worse but I know why. Military. Doesn't really affect music listening, or is this why I can't tell a difference between cables and interconnects? ;)
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    3db loss in the left ear. when i was 16 and had my lowrider truck (man i am getting old) i thought it was cool to put a speaker in the cut out ear level on the side panel.. had a 61/2 in co-axiel firing right into my left ear man that was the coolest yeah!!!!
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    Try almost 30 years of driving around on jet engines.

    My hearing is so shot it's pathetic.

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    Originally posted by Polk-a-pops
    Left ear
    Right hand



    Ambidextrous!
    We know. It was a joke! ;)
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    Originally posted by George Grand
    My hearing is so shot it's pathetic.

    WHAT?!?!?!?!
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    AHHHH!!
    The puns are killing me!
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    I can hear better on the phone with my left ear...

    I'm right handed...

    And right footed...

    I'm pretty much blind in both eyes...
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