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The original was posted on /r/lifeprotips by /u/darelphilip on 2025-07-08 19:16:03+00:00.
I recently noticed that I was hearing music more clearly from one ear than the other, so I tried a little experiment. I took a single earbud, played music at a comfortable volume in my left ear, and noted the volume percentage on my phone , around 40%.
Then I switched the earbud to my right ear and found I had to raise it up to 80% to hear it just as clearly.
That’s when I realized there might be some hearing loss in my right ear . It’s obviously not a medical diagnosis, but just gave me an estimate of 50% loss (assuming one ear is fine )