Tympanic Membrane (ear drum) On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 8:15 AM, John Ross <jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca> wrote: > TM? > John Ross > Windsor, Nova Scotia > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Porritt, David" <dporritt at mail.smu.edu> > To: <pianotech at ptg.org> > Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2009 10:08 AM > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Hearing protection > > > Diane: > > My audiologist was at a convention of audiologists and during a > demonstration of a new molding material got the set material stuck in his > ear. There was a room full of trained people to help but by the time they > removed the material they did damage his TM. There was no (or inadequate) > provision to let air in as the molding material was to be removed. > > dave > > David M. Porritt, RPT > dporritt at smu.edu > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On > Behalf > Of Diane Hofstetter > Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2009 2:20 AM > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: [pianotech] Hearing protection > > > > > It's a JOY to hear everybody discussing their experiments with different > kinds of earplugs! > > Ten years ago, when I started selling earplugs and trying to convince other > piano technicians to wear earplugs while tuning, one of the responders on > this very thread told me that I would never be able to get members of the > PTG to see the importance of protecting their hearing! > > My personal experiences with hundreds of kinds of earplugs, and with > different wearers has convinced me that the refrain of the National Hearing > Conservation Association; "The best earplug is the one they will wear"! is > so very true. > > Also, I have found that different plugs are good for different purposes. > Different protection devices are good for different hearing audiograms. I > tried the Sensgard and found that the high frequency noise caused by the > device itself made it terribly annoying to me. > > Regarding Robin Stevens' post (below): While I was in audiology classes at > Portland State University, we learned how to make impressions during our > lab > classes. We were only permitted to make impressions (even with the lab > clinician, who was an audiologist, supervising us) during the hours an ENT > office would be open. > > > Diane Hofstetter > > > [pianotech] Hearing protection > Robin Stevens pianobee at bigpond.com wrote: > > You must have missed the show on TV called Hospital emergency, or something > like that, where a "do it yourself" ear plug fitter got the mould in and > they would not come out ;-( after a very painful procedure the doctor > finally got them out. Morel of the story....Get them fitted by a proper > technician! I have used proper ear plugs for two years now and it was the > best money I have ever spent. > You buy expensive tools, why settle for makeshift el cheapo ear plugs. > Robin Stevens ARPT > South Australia > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090906/1e93c04c/attachment.htm>
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