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Hello Frances,
Here are some answers to your questions.
First many people report that their sense of absolute pitch declines with age. We have found this to be true. After the age of 45 the answers to our acoustic test are often a semi-tone off and usually in the sharp direction. The reason for this is unclear but it probably has something to do with anatomical changes in the auditory system with age. There are important structures in the inner ear that are changed. You are one of a small group, with absolute pitch, that report they play in a rock band. Possibly the sound level could speed up this process. It is well known that loud sounds do contribute to hearing loss and possibly other auditory defects may occur.
I love rock ‘n’ roll. It has given me years of pleasure, and the ears of a 45 year old.
Although it’s been a while now since I played in a loud band, and while I feel sad sometimes not to be up there flinching happily next to the drum kit like I used to, there’s a clarity in my ear canals I probably haven’t had since the age of 13 or something (year zero: before I started going to gigs). The move to solo artist/ drone duo stuff wasn’t just the last gasp of a late-20s egomaniac desperate to have her own project, then. It was for the good of my auditory health.
Posted on Tuesday, October 5th, 2004by Frances May Morgan
Ha ha aha. That’s hillarious, not your unfortunate condition, might I add, but the way you ‘put it’. Oh sorry, hold on a minute…..CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? AH…. GOOD.
Anyway. just thought Id let you know that there is a ‘rag and bone’ shop round our way, (East London,that is) knocking out deaf aids for a pound each. I can pick you half a dozen up if you like?
I will leave it with you to mull over. I SAID, I WILL LEAVE IT WITH YOU TO… Oh nevermind!
Posted by slow graffiti on October 5th, 2004 at 9:59 am