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color=#0000ff>DON'T SAY THIS! I am on the phone all the
time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't
find ear phones with a decent amplifier in them. I
do need a new hearing test. Do you have any
thoughts about analog/vs/digital for piano tuners? This bothers me. i have
said to Gloria that the things I have are so sophisticated that dumbing them
down for what we need is a real
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<FONT face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Diane
Hofstetter<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 01, 2007 8:16 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Cell Phone Use Causes High Frequency
Hearing Loss<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV> <BR>Everyone who uses a cell probably uses earphones too, but
to be on the safe side...<BR> <BR>(Found this on Audiologyonline, an
audiological website. Audiologists consider high frequencies to be 1000Hz.
and above)<BR> <BR> <BR><SPAN
class=boxtext>11/1/2007</SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN class=header>Cell Phone Use Causes
High Frequency Hearing Loss</SPAN><BR><BR><BR>Newswise — Hold the phone –
long-term use of a cell phone may cause inner ear damage and can lead to high
frequency hearing loss, according to a new study.<BR><BR>According to research
presented at the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Foundation’s Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO in Washington, DC, 100 people who had
used mobile phones for over a year suffered increases in the degree of hearing
loss over the span of 12 months. Furthermore, the study also discovered that
people who used their phones for more than 60 minutes a day had a worse hearing
threshold than those with less use.<BR><BR>High frequency hearing loss is
characterized by the loss of ability to hear consonants such as s, f, t, and z,
even though vowels can be heard normally. Consequently, people hear sounds but
cannot make out what is being said.<BR><BR>The authors warn users of cell phones
to look out for ear symptoms such as ear warmth, ear fullness, and ringing in
the ears (tinnitus) as early warning signs that you may have an auditory
abnormality. They also suggest the use of earphones, which they found to be
safer than holding a mobile phone up to the ears.<BR><BR><I>Taken from <A
href="http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/533259/" target=top><U><FONT
color=#0000ff>www.newswise.com/articles/view/533259/</FONT></U></A></I><BR><BR><BR>Diane
Hofstetter<BR><BR>
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