ear plugs

[Israel Stein]

Several years ago we had a professional audiologist speak at a PTG Boston
Chapter meeting. He had actually made a study of the decibel levels
generated by piano tuning and his conclusion was that the constant
exposure to test blow  decibel levels will cause hearing loss over time.
The sensitivity to higher frequencies is most easily damaged. He
recommended ear protection. I don't remember his name or the numbers he
cited but he was very emphatic about the actual physical damage that we
cause to ourselves.

Israel Stein

On Thu, 6 Apr 1995, John Minor wrote:

> On Thu, 6 Apr 1995 mark.stivers@24stex.com wrote:
>
> >
> > I'm all for protecting our hearing. But if the piano is that loud, shouldn't we
> > protect EVERYBODY'S hearing by making it softer? Incidentally, I once talked to
> > a professional audiologist and she told me that she didn't see any reason why a
> > piano should damage anyone's hearing.
> >
> > Mark Stivers
>
> Mark: Did she understand that we listen for periods of over an hour at
> a time, and several times a day? I'm not sure what the decibel rating
> is on the average piano, but it might be interesting to check a few to
> see. I may do just that in the next few days, just to satisfy my curiosity!
>
>
> John Minor
> University of Illinois
> jminor@uiuc.edu
>