Putting headphones on
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grbp
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- Joined: Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:41 am
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: TBPI September 2010. Left arm no feeling/function below elbow, no bicep or deltoid function. Brachial artery trauma repaired with graft.
Putting headphones on
Hi there, this is so dumb, I didn't ever imagine this would be my first post on this forum, but... Since my TBPI in 2010 I've made a fool of myself approx 5000 times trying to get my headphones on without looking like a prat. If it matters, they are Sennheiser HD25-iis and there ain't no way I'm going to change them for something else. So has anyone got a method they use for easily getting headphone on one-handed, first time every time?
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johnmetalman
- Posts: 30
- Joined: Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:29 pm
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: hit by car november 26 07 operated on oct 08 ruptured radial nerve with sural grafts and nerve transfer of median to radial in forearm. radial nerve has some recovery all other nerves are intact.
Re: Putting headphones on
Earbuds. I've come to find out in time that our embarassment of our arms is mostley in our heads. People don't really notice like we think they do.
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jmar
- Posts: 528
- Joined: Tue Aug 10, 2010 3:43 pm
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: brachial plexus stretch during thoracic outlet syndrome surgery on may 18, 2010.
Re: Putting headphones on
simple solution........ask for help. there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG with asking for help.
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levifitz
- Posts: 6
- Joined: Thu Sep 13, 2012 3:31 am
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: Hi, my name is John and I received a brachial plexus injury trying to take out a tree on my Grizzly June 9th 2012. Unfortunately, the tree won and killed my atv. I will be having a ct mylogram done next week to determine extent of damage. It's been a rough 3 months adjusting without the use of my right arm. your lifestyle changes so abrubtly and I find it very difficult to function. I'm 47 years old and welcome any insight and guidance about this injury. I've been a carpenter for many years and never really appreciated the use of two arms until now. We take so much for granted until something traumatic occurs. If anyone knows of any good doctors specializing in Brachial Plexus injuries, feel free to post them for me. I live in northern New York and have yet to find any up here.
Re: Putting headphones on
I found if you set them on one ear first then stretch over the head, it seems to work. Similar to that guy on the commercial selling that contraption that held your cellphone to your head leaving both hands free.
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grbp
- Posts: 2
- Joined: Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:41 am
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: TBPI September 2010. Left arm no feeling/function below elbow, no bicep or deltoid function. Brachial artery trauma repaired with graft.
Re: Putting headphones on
Thank you all for the responses. You're all right!
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peterabb
- Posts: 15
- Joined: Sun Oct 05, 2008 3:07 pm
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: MVA 3/15/08 (TBPI)
Avulsed C-5, 6, 7, 8 T-1
Mayo Total BP Reconstruction 7/15/08
Pain issues - Location: West Haven CT
Re: Putting headphones on
I have high end headphones too (Grado SR225) and I usually place them on my neck and then slide each ear on. It usually works for me, takes a little practice though.