<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = name="PostalCode"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"/>  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap: = break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space;-khtml-line-break: after-white-space'> <div class=Section1> As I recall a couple of days.  = Mine was not a headache, rather, an acute sensitivity to the overtones of the = strings.  It almost made me wince and I thought at first it was a help to have my = hearing that acute, but decided it was not in my best interest to keep doing = what caused the problem.   My dad, who was a self-taught musician = and singer—quite good in his teens through thirties, by the way—worked in a machine = shop where they worked on the old steam locomotives in the 30s and 40s.  = He lost his hearing by the time he was in his early 40s to the point where he could = not match pitches.  I am blessed to be 57 and still have acute hearing = (I tune aurally), but I have protected my hearing since my late 20s by wearing = over-the-ear and in-the-ear hearing protection when I use power tools, lawn mower, chain = saw, string trimmer (the latter two are killers on our hearing) and even my = tractor.  I’ve even worn them during some of the Branson, MO. Shows—they are loud = too!<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I’ve often quipped that the = best long-term financial investment we could make is to invest in hearing aid companies.  With the reinforced sound, and I mean reinforced(!), = that our youth and 20-somethings are exposed to, as well as radios, ipods, etc., they = will suffer severe nerve damage in the next 20 years.  Sad to say, the = above would be a good investment!<o:p></o:p> Joy!<o:p></o:p> Elwood<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Elwood Doss, Jr., = RPT<o:p></o:p> Piano Technician/Technical = Director<o:p></o:p> Department of = Music<o:p></o:p> 145 Fine Arts = Building<o:p></o:p> The <st1:place = w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName = w:st="on">Tennessee</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> at Martin<o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Martin</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">TN</st1:State>  <st1:PostalCode = w:st="on">38238</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p> 731/881-1852<o:p></o:p> FAX: = 731/881-7415<o:p></o:p> HOME: = 731/587-5700<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Tanner Sent: Friday, October 28, = 2005 11:44 AM To: <st1:PersonName = w:st="on">College and University Technicians</st1:PersonName> Subject: Re: [CAUT] = Hearing Protection<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div> On Oct 28, 2005, at 12:33 PM, Elwood Doss = wrote:<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p></o:p> I laid off caffeinated coffee and = went to decaffeinated coffee and the problem went away.<O:P style="color: = rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; = "></O:P><o:p></o:p> <O:P style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); = font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </O:P><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <div> How long before the headaches went away?  = :-)<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Jeff<o:p></o:p> </div> </div> </body> </html>