"Put a plug in it"

[Don]

Hi,

Here is a nice web site about hearing and musicians.

http://www.music-injury.com/html/hearing.html

At 08:43 AM 8/16/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>             Bob Hull
>
><> wrote:  
>I did some sound level measurements on several pianos in my shop this
>week. The DB meter was held at about the distance my ear would be from
>the strings and soundboard. Using solid rather strong blows I measured
>sound levels well over 100 dbs on both grands and uprights. 
>
>What started this was the testing trick with the fingers that someone
>mentioned a few weeks ago. For the last year I've had problems setting
>the unisons on G7. Having to turn my head to focus and hear them. Turns
>out I've got quite a bit of hearing loss at that frequency and above, in
>my left ear. Turning my head allowed me to compensate for it with the
>better right ear. At 67 years old, I'm not too surprised at the loss in
>my left ear. However I'm sure that it's come on quite quickly. Several
>hours a day pounding out tunings has made it worse. As a result I'm not
>! only  carrying ear plugs, I'm using them. I tell the customer they help
>to filter out noise that I don't need to hear. I do take them out of my
>ears when I reach the last octave, for the unisons there. There seems to
>be a difference in the brightness of the sound when taking the plugs out
>at that time. I'm sure it's a result of not having the previous 45 mins
>to 1 hr of 100 db plus sound levels thumping on my eardrums. 
>
>I thought you might like to know about the 100 db plus levels...
>Regards to all. Rich
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Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.

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