ear plugs

[John Ross]

The earplugs I use, I purchased from Pianotek. They drop the level by 
12db, and cost about $20.
At the convention in Providence, the University there, arranged for the 
members attending the convention, to have, and pay for a hearing test. 
At the same time, we had the opportunity, of having a custom set of 
earplugs made. The custom ones cost, I think, around $130. You could 
have different inserts put in them, depending on the amount of 
attenuation you wanted.
I think 15db, was the lowest one.
So comparing 12db, at $20, to 15db, at $130, the $20 won out.
I have been well satisfied with them.
As I said before, I often wonder, if I had started using them sooner, 
would I now have tinnitus.
On your hearing being better, because you are vision impaired, that is 
untrue. Your hearing is the same as the general populations.
Where the difference comes in, is that your brain, doesn't have as much 
visual information to evaluate, so it might allow you to think that it 
is better.
I seem to remember, that at times, if I was trying to hear some small 
variation of  sound, I would close my eyes, thus accomplishing the same 
thing. Just my unsupported thought, on what we hear.
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "pianotune05" <pianotune05 at comcast.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: ear plugs


> So what type of earplugs should we purchase.  A while back, someone
> mentioned the types sold at CVS etc.  Will these do the job?
> Marshall
> ps. I'm going to get some just out of curiosity because I want to know 
> how
> one can hear when their hearing is blocked.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "carlteplitski" <koko99 at shaw.ca>
> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 2:38 AM
> Subject: ear plugs
>
>
>>
>> I am 71 yrs. old, and hear quite well, I think.  At 53 I had my 
>> hearing
>> checked, and the audio
>> fellow told me my hearing was excellent. He thought it was better 
>> than
>> 50% of the  17 year olds
>> walking around with headphones on. He also thought many of those 
>> would
>> need aids by the
>> age of 40, because the loud music would ruin their hearing .  I am
>> planning to check out some plugs
>> soon, because what I've read on the list leads me to believe that 
>> they
>> would be a benefit.  An
>> old friend of mine , now passed on, could still tune at 91, although 
>> he
>> didn't hear well when we
>> spoke.  He was quite frail, so didn't tune, but came with me to see 
>> how
>> my Accu - tuner worked,
>> and did some aural tuning  just to see if he still could. He was 
>> quite
>> pleased, not surprised, that the Accu - tuner
>> confirmed his ability.  I wondered how he was able to tune, but had
>> problems hearing speech. He told
>> me that he had done his last professional tuning at the age of 88. 
>> We
>> should all be so lucky.
>> Curious  as to how the transmitter  thing worked,  mentioned by 
>> someone
>> .  How was it  attached to the piano?
>> I assume on the sound board  somewhere.  Sounds like a great idea.
>>
>> Carl / Winnipeg
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