Test your own hearing!

[John Ross]

Hi Ric,
I was given an anti-biotic once for a strep throat, and it caused
my
hearing to go 'mushy'. Sorry that is all I can describe it as.
I immediately got in to see an ENT specialist, and he took me off
the medication, and said if my hearing did not come back on it's
own, there was nothing he could do.
Unfortunately, I can't remember the drugs name, but it would be
in
my medical file.
It seems to me that he said, some hospitals in the States, give a
hearing test, before giving the drug, as some patients, had sued
for
hearing loss.
It happened a few years ago, and I get a hearing test every year,
and so
far there has been just normal hearing loss as I age.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Moody" <remoody@midstatesd.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 3:06 AM
Subject: Re: Test your own hearing!


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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Diane Hofstetter <dianepianotuner@hotmail.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 4:37 AM
> Subject: Test your own hearing!
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>  The only preventive
> measures now known to work are wearing hearing protection when
in noisy
> environments (while tuning, etc.), good nutrition, avoidance of
certain
> medicines, and frequent monitoring.
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> Which medicines?    ---ric
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