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Do you have trouble understanding people talking or music but hear low and high sounds just fine? You might have cookie-bite hearing loss. This type of hearing loss affects the middle sounds but leaves the low and high sounds normal.What Is Cookie Bite Hearing Loss?
When you bite a round cookie, the remaining pattern resembles a U shape, right? This is what an audiogram will look like if you have cookie-bite hearing loss. The hearing ability is normal for low and high frequencies but dips in the middle, just like a bitten cookie. It is also known as U-shaped or mid-range hearing loss.How Do I Know If I Have Mid-range Hearing Loss?
If you’re asking people to repeat themselves a lot, especially in loud places, you might have cookie-bite, also known as mid-range hearing loss. Other clues include:- Hearing ringing in your ears, especially when it is quiet.
- Trouble hearing people talk on the phone or TV, even when the volume is high.
- Hard to hear some letter sounds like m, n, s, and f.
- Easier to hear high sounds like bird songs or children talking than low sounds like a car engine.