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<DIV><FONT size=2>After playing in bands for years, the music seemed =
to get
louder and louder until anything above a softly spoken word would sound =
too
loud. Certain notes on the piano would drill right through my head. The =
doctor
diagnosed the condition as Auditory Recruitment and told me that it =
would just
get worse with time but avoiding loud sounds would slow the progression. =
Fortunately, he was wrong. After getting out of the band business, my =
hearing
slowly got back to normal. I am much more protective of my hearing
now.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Dave Bunch</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=cedel@supernet.com href="mailto:cedel@supernet.com">Clyde =
Hollinger</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 07, 2001 =
3:19
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: My Hearing =
Condition ,Please
read this</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Simone,
<P>I read your whole letter. What a predicament! I wish I =
could
shed some light on your situation, but I cannot. I am writing a =
response
only to encourage others on the list to PROTECT YOUR HEARING before =
you get
into a similar problem.
<P>I began noticing some minor tinnitis a year or two ago. I =
started
using earplugs I bought from Pianotek and the situation has not
worsened. It hasn't gotten better, either, but at the current =
level I
can live with it the rest of my life (I'm 54) without feeling =
handicapped.
<P>Regards, <BR>Clyde Hollinger, RPT
<P>Simone Tucci wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT =
size=-1>Dear: PTG
forum,</FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT =
size=-1> I
wrote a very short e-mail yesterday on hearing trouble. I wanted
to</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT =
size=-1>see if I got a
response, or if I did correctly. I did get some responses =
and</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=-1>I am glad, thank =
you for those
who did!</FONT></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>