Zen Reinhardt wrote: > > Hearing protection -- Don't Leave Home Without Some. > > I am one of the many with Westone "Musicians' Plugs" and have found that I > can hear greater detail of overall tone of a string than I can without > hearing protection. Hearing protection is for the ears what sunglasses are > for the eyes on a bright day. > > Next question. Do you use your hearing protection while travelling or in > other common, noisy environments? In other words, do you keep your earplugs > handy to use within a moment's notice should the need arise, or do you use > them only for tuning and/or shopwork? > > ZR! RPT > Ann Arbor MI > diskladame@provide.net Now I do. After my hearing has been permanantly damaged by not paying enough attention to it. I certainly hope those reading these posts will learn sooner than I did about the importance of ear protection. It doesn't matter what the source of the noise is--an overly harsh piano, a table saw, a router, or an airplane. Hearing damage is cumulative. Then one day it's too late. ddf
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