[CAUT] Are there many piano techs who are veterans?

[John Ross]

I was in the Canadian Navy for 25 years.
A couple of the ships I was on, had gas turbine engines, (think 707 Jet 
Plane).
My mess was next to the engines, and since there was no insulation, the high 
pitch whine was quite loud.
My problem is, I can still hear that high pitch whine, (I got out the Navy 
in 1981), and it is tinnitus.
They have tested my hearing, and it doesn't give an indication, of anything 
other than age related deterioration.
I think being a piano tuner, has given me the ability, to compartmentalize 
the noise, and for the most part I disregard it. The only place I notice it 
at times, is when I get a beat around A in the 5th octave, but since I have 
an ETD, there is no problem.
It also seems more prevalent, if I am tired or sick.
At the Convention in Providence, someone was doing research, and quite a few 
of the piano tuners took them up in their offer of testing. Does anyone 
know, if the results of these tests on piano tuners, was ever published?
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Diane Hofstetter" <dianepianotuner at msn.com>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>; <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 4:51 AM
Subject: [CAUT] Are there many piano techs who are veterans?


> Are any of you veterans?  Do any of you have tinnitus?
>
> Thursday evening I will be attending a talk; "Treatment for Hearing Loss 
> and Tinnitus: State of the Art" by Dr. David Lilly, at one of the largest, 
> most up-to-date hearing research centers in the counry, the new National 
> Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research.
>
> I was fortunate to meet Dr. Lilly at a recent hearing convention and am 
> looking forward hearing him speak again and to finally seeing the research 
> center.
>
> Since this facility is part of the  Veteran's Administration, their focus 
> is on helping veterans with their hearing problems and I am wondering how 
> many piano technicians are veterans.  It would be a good talking point if 
> I ask them for help with research for piano tech's hearing problems.
>
> Thanks!
> Diane
>
> Diane Hofstetter
>
>