ear plugs

[pianotune05 at comcast.net]

Hi Paul,
Thanks for the e-mail on ear plugs. I'll check them out.  I also play drums at church, but had to miss church today unfortunately, but they mighthelp with that as well.  Thanks again. I appreciate the information.
Marshall

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From: "pmc033 at earthlink.net" <pmc033 at earthlink.net> 

> Hi, Marshall: 
> I use musician's earplugs from: www.musiciansfriend.com. They are very 
> inexpensive, around $15.00, and sell under the name "Hearos". Go to that 
> website and type "Hearos" in their search box. One size fits all, and they 
> are very comfortable. They allow the sound in, but "turn down the volume" 
> so it offers protection. A professional drummer told me to buy these. 
> I've been using them for years. BTW, my mother was an audiologist. She 
> got me some "Musician's Ear Plugs" which cost about $150.00 and needed to 
> be custom molded to my ears. They were very uncomfortable to wear. I 
> prefer the "Hearos" any day. 
> Just my $.02. 
> Paul McCloud 
> San Diego 
> 
> 
> > [Original Message] 
> > From: pianotune05 
> > To: Pianotech List 
> > Date: 03/19/2006 5:07:26 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" 
> > To: "Pianotech List" 
> > 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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