Rock concert, hearing damage wake up call

[Tom Servinsky]

Greg,
We have a yearly event down here called SunFest which 5 day constant barrage
of musical acts which range this year from the Doobie Bros.  to Bonnie
Wraight ( I'm not sure of the spelling of her last name), sprinkled with
some jazz acts. For the record my attending this event was a "honey-do"
event  as my wife enjoys this festival each year. This year I couldn't talk
my way out of the obligation.
Me, myself...I'm still a die-hard Steeley Dan and Yes fan.
Tom Servinsky,RPT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell@ameritech.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 7:03 PM
Subject: Re: Rock concert, hearing damage wake up call


> Tom,
>          What group was it? Just curious about your tastes.
>
> Greg
>
>
> At 05:38 PM 5/4/2002, you wrote:
> >List,
> >  Attended a rock concert the other day at an outdoor festival. Actually
this
> >is one of the few concerts I've attended in the past 20 yrs., where I was
> >there only as an audience member and not working.
> >Maybe I'm just getting older or maybe my hearing is becoming that much
more
> >sensitive and accute, but as I approached the concert area the pounding
of
> >the decimals were defeaning.  My party had reserved seats in the 10th row
> >from the stage and were so proud of the view. Me, I moved back to the far
> >end of the area to protect my losses. Even with ear plugs, which I might
add
> >I was the only one wearing any protection in our section, the sound is
> >brutal.
> >What I found absolutely amazing was the total disregard most rock concert
> >goers still have toward protecting their hearing. They just sat there as
> >though they were listening to a harpsicord concert and took the pounding
> >like it was nothing.
> >It's like the smoking issue, people know the harm yet they pretend the
> >damage isn't going to occur.  What most still don't get is that in a
short 2
> >hr. window severe irreprepable hearing damage can occur.
> >I know I'm preaching to the choir but this issue really is still not
> >understood by the masses.
> >Just my 2 cents
> >Tom Servinsky,RPT
>
>