Follow-up on hearing protection

[DIANE HOFSTETTER]

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From: "John M. Formsma" <john at formsmapiano.com>
Reply-To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
To: "'Pianotech List'" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Subject: RE: Follow-up on hearing protection
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 09:53:03 -0500

Just to report about my hearing test yesterday. Everything tested well
within normal limits, except in my left ear at the 12Khz range. I could hear
the tones at 25dB, which is still normal according to some standards. My
audiologist likes to define normal hearing as 0-15dB rather than 0-25dB.



I'm glad that I was tested. Now I know..  I think it's a good idea to be
tested periodically, just so we'll know what we have to work with.



John Formsma



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Another reason to check periodically is that some (lucky) people aren't 
susceptible to damage from noise. For those of us who are (like me), then we 
can see damage at the high frequencies (above 8000Hz) and take precautions 
before the damage gets down into the range where it impacts our daily lives.

Other damage to our hearing that occurs first at the ultra high frequencies 
is damage from medicines and solvents.

Diane