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Originally Posted by Captain_jovi
Yeah obviously either source lets you have different levels of whatever sounds you want to focus on (more drums, less drums etc) so you'd think IEMs would be the prime choice IF this was a hearing issue so I really don't think that's what it is.
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Howdy, all! Hope everybody's doing okay!
Someone (I think maybe Nige) suggested the possibility a few years back that Jon may have something like Meniere's disease. I don't know much about it; but I seem to recall that it affects the inner ear, and the reason it came up, at the time, was bc it was around the time when Jon was glued to the mic stand and we thought maybe it was because his balance was off.
I was just looking at some of the symptoms and among them are a ringing in the ears, loss of hearing, muffled hearing, tinnitus or a roaring in the ears. I wonder if that might compromise the effectiveness of an IEM, possibly more than the sound coming from the outside like monitors.
It's definitely more than just voice issues. I wonder if something like Meniere's might also affect his timing and pitch issues; which have been dreadful from the little I've seen, and actually concern me more than his voice. I feel really bad for him and the band.
Anyway, I'm obviously shooting in the dark; but it's a possible explanation.