ear plugs

[pianotune05 at comcast.net]

HI John,
I'll check those out from pian tek as well. As for hearing being better, I think that anyone that has some sort of weaknessin one area, other areas pick up, or their bodies train that process. So my hearing may or may not be better, but I make better use of it and hone it in more than othes do perhaps.  Either way, I still want to protect it.  What's the take on ear plugs from the drug store?
Marshall

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From: John Ross <jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca> 

> 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" 
> To: "Pianotech List" 
> 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" 
> > 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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