Discernable Dialogue?

[Tomorrow]

This may be totally off base, Andrew, and my apologies if it is thus. While you have had some excellent advice and guidance from the posters here, may I ask about your own hearing?!

My wife has lost some of her hearing due to a medical condition, and the affected frequencies seem to be around that of the human voice. She can well hear everything during a movie except the dialogue. Do you notice difficulties in common conversation or with other people's home theater setups?

In my humble estimation, you have more than adequate speakers and even though your drive system my be insufficient for full benefit to your speakers, you should not necessarily have such terrific distortion of the center channel. Room acoustics may play a drastic roll in your problem, as has been stated. If that is the case, it is unlikely that a new speaker or receiver will help much.

Finally, I noted a guitar in one of your pictures. Do you happen to play loud rock music in a band? That could definitely cause hearing loss.

Just grasping at straws here...hoping to help.

 

[AndrewLyles]

This may be totally off base, Andrew, and my apologies if it is thus. While you have had some excellent advice and guidance from the posters here, may I ask about your own hearing?!

My wife has lost some of her hearing due to a medical condition, and the affected frequencies seem to be around that of the human voice. She can well hear everything during a movie except the dialogue. Do you notice difficulties in common conversation or with other people's home theater setups?

In my humble estimation, you have more than adequate speakers and even though your drive system my be insufficient for full benefit to your speakers, you should not necessarily have such terrific distortion of the center channel. Room acoustics may play a drastic roll in your problem, as has been stated. If that is the case, it is unlikely that a new speaker or receiver will help much.

Finally, I noted a guitar in one of your pictures. Do you happen to play loud rock music in a band? That could definitely cause hearing loss.

Just grasping at straws here...hoping to help.

Thanks Tomorrow. I don't think I suffer from any terrible amounts of hearing loss. My had has significant hearing loss so I'll probably end up with it sooner or later, but I always thought mine was at east average. I haven't been to an audiologist or anything since I was a kid but I can hear all of the frequencies on my Rives test disc with out a problem.

As much as I want to buy new electronics I'll probably opt for room acoustics first, if for no other reason than to give my self time to shop around for gear .

As far as the rock band goes, I played in one in college for a little while but nothing long-term and earplugs were present for concerts. But I've been playing some form of musical instrument since I was a kid, drums, guitar, cello, in all kids of groups, quartets, rock bands, symphonies, etc. Then again, I could be part of the iDeaf generation!

 

[Tomorrow]

Thanks Tomorrow. I don't think I suffer from any terrible amounts of hearing loss. My had has significant hearing loss so I'll probably end up with it sooner or later, but I always thought mine was at east average. I haven't been to an audiologist or anything since I was a kid but I can hear all of the frequencies on my Rives test disc with out a problem.

As much as I want to buy new electronics I'll probably opt for room acoustics first, if for no other reason than to give my self time to shop around for gear .

As far as the rock band goes, I played in one in college for a little while but nothing long-term and earplugs were present for concerts. But I've been playing some form of musical instrument since I was a kid, drums, guitar, cello, in all kids of groups, quartets, rock bands, symphonies, etc. Then again, I could be part of the iDeaf generation!

Just a note....my wife can hear the full range of sound on a Rives disc. Some frequencies are more pronounced or detailed than others for her. In my wife's case, she has reduced hearing at low frequencies. When it comes to hearing the human voice...she has to listen very closely to understand what is being said...and no amount of volume increase helps. It just gets louder to her, but is still somewhat indecipherable.

Or maybe she just doesn't want to listen to me. LOL!

 

[mtrycrafts]

Or maybe she just doesn't want to listen to me. LOL!

Hey, that is also testable See if she responds the same way to her friends, or not

 

[Dolby CP-200]

Just a note....my wife can hear the full range of sound on a Rives disc. Some frequencies are more pronounced or detailed than others for her. In my wife's case, she has reduced hearing at low frequencies. When it comes to hearing the human voice...she has to listen very closely to understand what is being said...and no amount of volume increase helps. It just gets louder to her, but is still somewhat indecipherable.

Or maybe she just doesn't want to listen to me. LOL!

Even in a quite room with no distractions of any kind nothing but silence and a simple voice conversation, because I always thought it was audio masking or call it what you what masking, it could be in a busy street with lots of traffic and where dialogue would have an average, 65 to 70dbA level against +90dbA I would say it would be very difficult.

 

[MDS]

Even in a quite room with no distractions of any kind nothing but silence and a simple voice conversation, because I always thought it was audio masking or call it what you what masking, it could be in a busy street with lots of traffic and where dialogue would have an average, 65 to 70dbA level against +90dbA I would say it would be very difficult.

Translation, please.

I've met and worked with many English people, as in native to England, and for the life of me I can't understand a word you say whereas they are perfectly coherent and understandable.

 

[Dolby CP-200]

Translation, please.

I've met and worked with many English people, as in native to England, and for the life of me I can't understand a word you say whereas they are perfectly coherent and understandable.

Well I’m afraid you’ll have to read it again.

 

[Davemcc]

In a quiet room, dialog would have an average 65 to 70db level. On a busy street with lots of traffic, audio masking could occur where dialog competes against +90db ambient noise. I would say dialog would be very difficult to hear.

Is this altered quote what you were trying to say?