I don't play cs anymore because I can't and lost interest some years ago; played quite a bit for the last two weeks and I'm off to college campus tomorrow anyway.

I've asked this a long time ago back in the gotfrag days but had no positive or useful info on this: I'm deaf on my left ear from a ver, very young age. My hearing's pretty good though, as strange as this may seem. Playing cs and making anything out of them(direction) is something else. I was never able to pick off sounds accurately, specially footsteps and its directions. It'd make me crazy. I was always at a huge disadvantage on certain situations (most of the time in fact).

Tried the 5H's and siberias but it didnt make a difference. I have the same issue in rael life when people call me from afar.

Just wondering if someone was in a similar situation and managed to find a solution by messing with the sound.