<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; =
-khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Oct 28, 2005, =
at 1:56 PM, Porritt, David wrote:</DIV><BR =
class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P =
style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" =
size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">I've never seen scientific =
studies on damage from the typical sound</FONT></P> <P style="margin: =
0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" =
style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">pressure level of tuning pianos, but =
I've met a bunch of older tuners</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px =
0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: =
12.0px Helvetica">who had lost it. <SPAN =
class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> =
</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV>Age causes hearing loss also.</DIV><DIV><BR =
class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>As can the healthy immune =
reaction of sinus drainage filling up the eustachian =
tubes.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>The =
decibel level tuners are exposed to is not a constant exposure, but =
rather, as I understand it, intermittent "blasts" of sound in the 90 - =
95 db range. That isn't what I understand this Hearnet.com web site =
to describe as being dangerous. It uses the phrase, "regular =
SUSTAINED exposure", and then it says "MAY cause permanent damage". =
I'm assuming they're using language here common to these =
recommendations.</DIV><DIV><BR =
class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Is that kind of like the =
amount of artificial sweetener in 246 (or whatever that ridiculous =
number was) cans of diet soda per day MAY cause cancer?</DIV><DIV><BR =
class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>And, by the way, I've sung =
in front of some "fortissimo singers" that had to have been louder than =
70 db. If a "fortissimo singer" is only 70 db, I have a hard time =
with some of the other numbers posted on that web page. Like =
"dial-tone of a telephone - 80 db". What volume setting was it =
measured at? how far from the receiver? Really? and that's louder =
than Samuel Ramey?</DIV><DIV><BR =
class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>JeffT</DIV></BODY></HTML>=