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lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net
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Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 7:38 pm Post subject: Discussion

With all the great  posts over the past three or four days, I developed the courage to bring up  something that is troubling me flying wise.

  

 I have lost  significant hearing - to the point that air to air or air to ground  communication is impossible without some significant help.  I use hearing  aids and have hard wired the audio from the radio to the receiver/controller I  wear around my neck. I talks to the hearing aids through Blue Tooth. It  helps a lot when it works.  I thought I lost my radio on the trip to Desert  Fox Squadron last March and seriously wonder now if it was the radio or the hard  wiring to the thing around my neck.

  

 Does anyone else  have this problem and if so what have you done to mitigate it?

 Lowell

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dave

Joined: 22 Sep 2006
Posts: 1382

Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 3:00 am Post subject: Discussion

Lowell, at  What point can we just text  message the tower?

  

 and get the clearance back in Text?  Like  Siri  on Iphone ?

  

  

 Dave

  

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Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 5:04 am Post subject: Discussion

I also have hearing lose. You may have already done this but breaking the piggy bank and buying an active noise reduction head set helped the most. On Dec 8, 2013 8:41 PM, "Lowell Fitt" <lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net (lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net)> wrote:[quote]      With all the great  posts over the past three or four days, I developed the courage to bring up  something that is troubling me flying wise.

  

 I have lost  significant hearing - to the point that air to air or air to ground  communication is impossible without some significant help.  I use hearing  aids and have hard wired the audio from the radio to the receiver/controller I  wear around my neck. I talks to the hearing aids through Blue Tooth. It  helps a lot when it works.  I thought I lost my radio on the trip to Desert  Fox Squadron last March and seriously wonder now if it was the radio or the hard  wiring to the thing around my neck.

  

 Does anyone else  have this problem and if so what have you done to mitigate it?

 Lowell

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lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net
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Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 9:08 am Post subject: Discussion

Dave,

 That would be a dream come true. but then I have to  mention an experience while test flying the new airplane out of Lincoln Harder,  North of Sacramento.  I would always fly the test flights over the  rice and tomato fields because of the flat and  test friendly ground below.  Then on return I would fly East for a bit past  the airport so I could make a standard approach to 15, reporting over the  sawmill.  One day on the way to my entry, after hearing all the   muffled gibberish (to me) radio calls, I heard this - "Citation  ???????  Approaching Lincoln Harder, 15 miles out on a straight in for  runway 15".  This was crisp and clear.  No question who or  what or where. I couldn't believe it. It sort of surprised me to learn  that much of my problem is that my ears won't clean up what is in reality  typically very poor transmissions.  That Citation had good  avionics and was professionally maintained.  Most of the rest of  us just hope for the best.

 Lowell

  



  From: Dave (dave(at)cfisher.com) 

 Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 3:00 AM

 To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com (kitfox-list(at)matronics.com) 

 Subject: Re: Discussion

 



 Lowell, at  What point can we just text  message the tower?

  

 and get the clearance back in Text?  Like  Siri  on Iphone ?

  

  

 Dave

  

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Tom Jones

Joined: 12 Mar 2006
Posts: 752
Location: Ellensburg, WA

Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 10:43 am Post subject: Re: Discussion

Too many chainsaws and helicopters in my life have ruined my ears.  I broke down and got hearing aids this year.  The guy said I have moderate hearing loss in the frequency where children's voices are and sever loss in the frequency where women's voices are.



There's been some pretty good advances in hearing aids the past few years. He programed them on a computer to match my hearing loss.  I can now hear things I haven't heard for a ling time...like birds chirping.



I haven't worn them in the kitfox yet.  Mine is very noisey.  I have a good ANR headset and my KX99 is very clear.  My problem is there is a college flight program here and those kids talk so darn fast.



If the other plane has a clear transmission and talks normal I can under stand them.  If too fast or a crappie radio I can't.

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Tom Jones
Classic IV
503 Rotax, 72 inch Two blade Warp
Ellensburg, WA

michaelgibbs(at)cox.net
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Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 1:10 pm Post subject: Discussion

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		   On Dec 9, 2013, at 11:43 AM, "Tom Jones" <nahsikhs(at)elltel.net> wrote:

 ...I have...sever[e] loss in the frequency where women's voices are.


	


Why would you want to fix THAT?  



Sorry ladies, just kidding!



Mike G.

Phoenix, AZ

Kitfox IV-1200 Speedster, Series 6

michaelgibbs(at)cox.net
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Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 1:14 pm Post subject: Discussion

On Dec 8, 2013, at 8:37 PM, "Lowell Fitt" <lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net (lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net)> wrote:



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 ...I use hearing  aids and have hard wired the audio from the radio to the receiver/controller I  wear around my neck. I talks to the hearing aids through Blue Tooth.

	




Lowell, Murle Williams has a similar device, you might want to chat with him about his experiences.



Mike G.

Phoenix, AZ

Kitfox IV-1200 Speedster, Series 6

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michaelgibbs(at)cox.net
Guest

Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 1:16 pm Post subject: Discussion

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		  On Dec 9, 2013, at 4:00 AM, "Dave" <dave(at)cfisher.com (dave(at)cfisher.com)> wrote: 	


Lowell, at  What point can we just text  message the tower? and get the clearance back in Text?  Like  Siri  on Iphone ?



Digital datalink is available for many larger airplanes and allows just that (albeit, not using a phone, per se). It hasn't tickled down to us little guys yet, though...

Mike G.

Phoenix, AZ

Kitfox IV-1200 Speedster, Series 6

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Tom Jones

Joined: 12 Mar 2006
Posts: 752
Location: Ellensburg, WA

Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 1:46 pm Post subject: Re: Discussion

It did give me a good excuse for not hearing her sometimes.  Now she just says, "Do you have your earwigs in?"

 	  michaelgibbs(at)cox.net wrote: 	
		   	  Quote: 	
		   On Dec 9, 2013, at 11:43 AM, "Tom Jones" <nahsikhs> wrote:

 ...I have...sever[e] loss in the frequency where women's voices are.



	


Why would you want to fix THAT?  



Sorry ladies, just kidding!



Mike G.

Phoenix, AZ

Kitfox IV-1200 Speedster, Series 6

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Tom Jones
Classic IV
503 Rotax, 72 inch Two blade Warp
Ellensburg, WA

lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net
Guest

Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 5:45 pm Post subject: Discussion

Tom,

I was at Sams Club having a gourmet hot dog and I am sure folks wondered 

what I was laughing about.  It put a smile on my face until I had to start 

the Honey Dos at Target.  "Earwigs" is classic.  My wife just says, "Are 

your ears in"?  I have learned to put them in as soon as I wake up in the 

morning to avoid watching her mouth move then look at me expectantly.  My 

wife is in Orlando keeping warm.

Lowell

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From: "Tom Jones" <nahsikhs(at)elltel.net>

Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 1:46 PM

To: <kitfox-list(at)matronics.com>

Subject: Re: Discussion

 	  Quote: 	

 It did give me a good excuse for not hearing her sometimes.  Now she just 

 says, "Do you have your earwigs in?"

 michaelgibbs(at)cox.net wrote:

>

> >  On Dec 9, 2013, at 11:43 AM, "Tom Jones"  wrote:

> >  ...I have...sever[e] loss in the frequency where women's voices are.

> >

> >

>

> Why would you want to fix THAT?  

>

> Sorry ladies, just kidding!

>

> Mike G.

> Phoenix, AZ

> Kitfox IV-1200 Speedster, Series 6

 --------

 Tom Jones

 Classic IV

 503 Rotax, 72 inch Two blade Warp

 Ellensburg, WA

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lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net
Guest

Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 6:17 pm Post subject: Discussion

Mike, 

 In the perfect world, I would like to see voice  recognition that would show the spoken words as text on a screen.   Something like the voice capable GPSs.  I would like to talk, but receive  in text.  I guess if there were dialogue sequences that could be clicked on  it would help, as I don't type very well either.

 Lowell

  



  From: Michael Gibbs (michaelgibbs(at)cox.net) 

 Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 1:16 PM

 To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com (kitfox-list(at)matronics.com) 

 Subject: Re: Discussion

 



   	  Quote: 	
		  On Dec 9, 2013, at 4:00 AM, "Dave" <dave(at)cfisher.com (dave(at)cfisher.com)>  wrote: 	


 Lowell, at  What  point can we just text message the tower? and get the clearance back in  Text?  Like Siri  on Iphone ?



 Digital datalink is available for many larger airplanes and allows just  that (albeit, not using a phone, per se). It hasn't tickled down to us little  guys yet, though...

 



 Mike G.

 Phoenix, AZ

 Kitfox IV-1200 Speedster, Series 6

 



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lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net
Guest

Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 6:27 pm Post subject: Discussion

Mike,

 This is what I was hoping to hear.

 Lowell

  



  From: Michael Gibbs (michaelgibbs(at)cox.net) 

 Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 1:14 PM

 To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com (kitfox-list(at)matronics.com) 

 Subject: Re: Discussion

 



 On Dec 8, 2013, at 8:37 PM, "Lowell Fitt" <lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net (lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net)> wrote:



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   ...I use hearing    aids and have hard wired the audio from the radio to the receiver/controller I    wear around my neck. I talks to the hearing aids through Blue    Tooth.

	
 



Lowell, Murle Williams has a similar device, you might want to  chat with him about his experiences.  



 Mike G.

 Phoenix, AZ

 Kitfox IV-1200 Speedster, Series 6

 



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michaelrorth

Joined: 04 Feb 2011
Posts: 65

Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 3:34 am Post subject: Discussion

Howdy All,



Just passing this along in hopes that it may benefit someone.



I also had hearing loss similar to what many of you have described.



Then I had a tooth extracted due to a long-term (years) low-grade infection 

in the root.

With the extraction, a prescription for an antibiotic was written.  Standard 

procedure.



Within days, my hearing returned.

Why?  The long-term lingering infection at my tooth root had also spread to 

my sinuses.

This infection was causing my hearing degradation.



I hope someone out there has an infected tooth causing a similar problem.

Very easy to fix.



Michael



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