<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>etd's and ears</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1250"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3059" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=848122714-14022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Les,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=848122714-14022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=848122714-14022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>You have summed up beautifully how I have felt in recent years on this topic.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=848122714-14022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=848122714-14022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>You said:  <FONT color=#000000>As the tuning public grows more and more grey, hearing issues are going to become more serious, and  I can pretty much tell on first pass if the tuner before has been aural, and generally know if he or she is suffering from some kind of hearing limitation..   </FONT><FONT color=#0000ff>I was discussion this very point with someone just the other day.  Thanks for your thoughtful and honest post.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=848122714-14022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=848122714-14022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Arlin</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>