Earphones whilst riding - yes or no - ?

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Cycling - no
Turbo or gym - ABSOLUTELY

Commuting on motorbike - I have earplugs that allow plenty of sound through but not the damaging wind noise frequencies, they happen to allow plenty of helmet intercom sound through, routinely have music on, occasionally phonecalls and sparingly, satnav directions.

YMMV

 

[hoopdriver]

I want to get a pair that filters out screams, blaring horns and police sirens and just lets me enjoy the throb of the engine....

 

[Inertia]

[QUOTE 5033117, member: 45"]That really isn't an argument is it? Deaf people have no choice, and live with little or no hearing permanently so have a different approach and capability to someone who chooses to block out sound that reduces risk.

It's personal choice, and if someone wants to wear headphones then that's up to them, but let's not pretend that it doesn't impair senses or have an impact on their awareness.[/QUOTE]
It does but the impact is on hearing which is one of the least useful senses for cycling and something you should never rely on.

It could just be my headphones but they do not block out all sound, I can still hear plenty going on around me.

 

[hoopdriver]

It does but the impact is on hearing which is one of the least useful senses for cycling and something you should never rely on.

It could just be my headphones but they do not block out all sound, I can still hear plenty going on around me.

You're kidding, right?

 

[glasgowcyclist]

[QUOTE 5033142, member: 45"]If you have long-term hearing loss you learn to allow for it. You become an expert at not hearing.[/QUOTE]

I'm none the wiser.

How does this different approach and/or capability manifest itself? What changes in that person's behaviour or actions?

 

[hoopdriver]

Adaptation

 

[JoshM]

I'm none the wiser.

How does this different approach and/or capability manifest itself? What changes in that person's behaviour or actions?

I need to look at someone when Im talking to them so I can read their lips. If I'm having a serious discussion I need a quiet place with no background noise. I know that these things are probably true for people with normal hearing but they're essential for me. Dark pubs are a nightmare for a first date for me.

 

[Jody]

You're kidding, right?

I would have thought sight followed by balance would be the most useful of senses and not to rely on your hearing.

 

[hoopdriver]

Balance is not a sense
(although it very much employs your inner ear)

 

[Jody]

Balance is not a sense
(although it very much employs your inner ear)

That's debatable. You very much have a sense of balance through visual and other stimuli

 

[hoopdriver]

That's debatable. You very much have a sense of balance through visual and other stimuli

It's not debatable at all.
We have five senses
Sight
Hearing
Smell
Touch
Taste

 

[hoopdriver]

It's highly debatable.
Just because XTC didn't list proprioception and balance doesn't mean that they don't exist. Andy Partridge is a clever chap but he's not necessarily an authority on physiology.

It is most certainly not debatable
Five senses is what we have - six, if you want to include 'hunches'

And your 'hunch' that balance is a 'sense' is letting you down - it aint.

 

[hoopdriver]

Which ladybird book did you get that from?

It is a fact.

 

[Jody]

It's not debatable at all.
We have five senses
Sight
Hearing
Smell
Touch
Taste

Based on the old medieval definition of senses. Modern medicine has more senses, one of them being a sense of balance

https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/sense

 

[hoopdriver]

Based on the old medieval definition of senses. Modern medicine has more senses, one of them being a sense of balance

https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/sense

Sure - and a sense of fashion, a sense propriety, a sense of timing...