tinnitus and tuning?

Don pianotuna@yahoo.com
Sat, 22 Sep 2001 08:14:07 -0700 (PDT)


Hi John,

Have you looked at latest research into your
condition? It used to be thought to be totally
untreateable but this is no longer so.

--- John Ross <piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Hi Gregor,
> I also have tinnitus, and there is nothing they can
> do to cure it.
> Mine is around the same frequency as yours, and the
> only thing
> I notice, with regards to tuning, is a certain
> harshness around
> A5.
> Luckily I only notice it if I think about it, my
> brain seems to do a
> pretty good job, of putting it in the background,
> and not letting it
> bother me.
> When voicing in that area, I have to let the
> customer guide me.
> I hope yours is a misdiagnosis, and is only
> temporary. Have you
> taken any new medication. shortly before it
> happened?
> Regards,
> John M. Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
> piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Gregor Weldert 
>   To: pianotech mailinglist 
>   Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 8:18 AM
>   Subject: tinnitus and tuning?
> 
> 
>   Hi list,
> 
>   i fear i got a tinnitus, but i hope it is not
> forever. I hear on both ears a 8 khz-tone with 6-8
> db.
> 
>   Is anybody in this list with the same problem?
> Which experience did you make with it? Is it
> possible to keep on tuning pianos? I got it since 1
> week and i will wait until next week. Then i will
> see what problems will encounter with tuning.
> 
>   Gregor Weldert
>   Germany
> 


=====
Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.

Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts

mailto:drose@dlcwest.com
http://donrose.xoasis.com/

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