On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 14:52:52 +0000, Ian Molton wrote:

My hearing is not 'usual', in that I dont seem to filter what I hear the same way as other people.

This can cause me a lot of problems and makes it very very hard for me to follow a
conversation if more than 2 people are talking, for example, as I hear *everything* -
my brain doesnt seperate out the streams from different people properly.

I believe that's not uncommon, after a certain age. Rather like
EVERYONE over 40 needing reading glasses.

I certainly have it. (Which is, of course, why I investigated the
subject:-). It makes it difficult to filter conversations. It
makes UNWANTED music (Musak, "background" music etc.) doubly
irritating. But, as I don't play music as wallpaper, only when I
want to listen to it, it isn't a problem then.

With one exception. I do like to fall asleep to the World Service.
A determinedly lo-fi clock radio is best. Better sound keeps me
awake.