<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 4:23 PM, <A =
href="mailto:ed440@mindspring.com">ed440@mindspring.com</A> =
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">The =
problem is, you won't be aware of it until after it has =
happened!</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT =
face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">What I've =
been told is that the little nerve hairs in the inner ears gradually =
become fragile, and then eventually break off.<SPAN =
class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Until they break, your =
hearing is fine.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>So you =
are acruing damage long before you are aware of it.</FONT></P> <BR =
class="Apple-interchange-newline"></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV>But is =
this a result of deterioration from age? or damage caused by =
noise?</DIV><DIV>JT</DIV></BODY></HTML>=