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

[John R. Granholm]

Diane, I'm a veteran, and I'm sure many piano technicians are.

Is there any reason to suppose that the percentage of piano techs who  
are veterans is far off from the national percentage of vets across  
all occupational groups?  I don't know offhand what that number is,  
but you should easily be able to locate it.

I do have some tinnitus, but I haven't noticed it till quite  
recently, and my service time was during the '70s.  Although I was  
around some loud stuff in the army (comes with the territory), I  
don't think I'll be getting a disability pension for that.  The  
tinnitus doesn't bother my tuning.  Under "normal" environmental  
noise levels, I almost never notice it.

John Granholm RPT
Roseburg  OR

On May 13, 2007, at 12:51 AM, Diane Hofstetter wrote:

> 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
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> Diane Hofstetter
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