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Topic: hearing loss
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tn walker
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posted May 17, 2004 02:15 PM
I feel extremely confident that my 16 year old mare has lost at least half of her hearing. She shows no response when I call her from a distance and only recognizes me when she sees me. This has so far had no adverse effect on her training or regular riding. I was just curious whether or not anyone else has any knowledge on equine hearing loss? I have never delt with anything of this sort before, and since hearing is the strongest of the equine senses I was just searching for some more information. Any thoughts or past experiences would be appreciated!
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"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." -Confucius
~*Friends are quiet angles who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly*~
And on the 8th day, God said "Thou shalt not trot!". And the good horses listened.
Posts: 923 | From: NC | Registered: Jan 2004
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Khafona gurl
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posted May 17, 2004 02:26 PM
I don't have any expeiriance but I don't think it's too big or maybe your horse is like mine and just doesn't really care who you are until they are forsure who it is or he or she just doesn't want to go to you cause he or she knows that your going to catch him or her so they just don't respond until you get close to him or her?
Khafona Gurl
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Posts: 44 | From: Ohio | Registered: May 2004
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Idrivetrotters
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posted May 17, 2004 02:57 PM
My uncle had a mammoth mule who was deaf as a post. Of course it never stopped us from calling her name ![[Smile]](smile.gif) She had no adverse affect with her driving (she was a plow mule) except she had to do everything on her own example she walked herself into her stall, you got her dressed, WALKED next to her to the field, did your plowing etc and than you could ride her back, than you had to stop at the wash rack, undress her, wash her, than she walked herself into her stall, ate her dinner than she walked herself back to the paddock. She was around 18 when her hearing started to go and she died at 22 from a lightening strike. Janie was an awesome mule (infact out of all of my uncles mules, she was the only one I really liked) and we all cried buckets when she died.
But as far as I know horses have more issues with eyesight than hearing, so you should not have any trouble. Double check her to make sure she is deaf and not just uninterested. Clap behind her and see if she swivels those ears.
Posts: 479 | From: Florida | Registered: Jan 2004
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tn walker
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posted May 17, 2004 07:07 PM
I am pretty sure that she has lost hearing. I have done a few tests that my vet has recommended, including clapping behind her ears. Also she is normally very interested in what you are doing. Once she sees you she comes straight over. So i'm pretty confident that it is a hearing loss.
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"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." -Confucius
~*Friends are quiet angles who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly*~
And on the 8th day, God said "Thou shalt not trot!". And the good horses listened.
Posts: 923 | From: NC | Registered: Jan 2004
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