Tinnitus is my old challenge … started in 1965 when I shot out my high frequency hearing in 3 days. The audiologists have told me I have learned to “hear around it” to a degree and the new hearing aids have helped some also.

> On Nov 2, 2019, at 10:33 PM, LARRY ARNOLD wrote:
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> Ken, I forgot about my other “new” challenge re birding by ear…. tinnitus is screaming at me, usually worse in afternoons
> without Missy’s ears, I’d experience fewer (if any) waxwings, creepers, and Golden-crowned Kinglets
> Heidi can vouch for this……..
> LA
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> From: “Ken Miracle”
> To: “Larry Arnold”
> Cc: “IBLE”
> Sent: Saturday, November 2, 2019 6:12:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [IBLE] Thank God for Elmore and Owyhee Counties !!
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> The background noise is still and issue but at least with my new hearing aides I can hear a Song Sparrow for the first time since 1965.
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> My biggest challenge is trying to figure out what that new sound is, somebodies loud car radio a half mile away or a bird 🙂
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> On Nov 2, 2019, at 11:46 AM, LARRY ARNOLD larnold47@cableone.net [ible] > wrote:
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> (apologies if I’ve previously posted this stuff)
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> Because Treasure Valley has so much ambient noise… birding by ear is too much of a challenge, and/or maybe I need those hearing aids that allow you to tune in birds and tune out noise (traffic, aircraft, yada, yada, yada).
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> eh?
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> I grew up (in retirement) doing bird and vegetation transects for Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory in *remote* areas of N Arizona and W Colorado (shhh, please, they’re still best kept secrets I think), where I could actually Hear the Birds! Little did I know how fast that particular ten years would fly by, nor did I fully appreciate these three basic necessities for birding… decent eyes, ears, brain.
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> So, where exactly is that fountain of youth, and does Medicare cover it? Please send GPS coordinates…….
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> Happy November birding, folks!
> S’s and G’s 😉
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> Ken Miracle
> chukar28@icloud.com
> 208-570-2780
> “Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God” 2COR 3:5
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Ken Miracle
chukar28@icloud.com
208-570-2780
“Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God” 2COR 3:5