<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV> Thanks</DIV> <DIV> can you send me a kit or whatever to get started.</DIV> <DIV>    regards</DIV> <DIV>    Dale</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2> <P><BR></P> <DIV class=RTE> <P>Hi Dale,</P> <P>I came to Portland in Fall 2003 to continue my study of audiology at Portland State University.  There is a professor here who specializes= in industrial hearing safety and that is the closest I could come to learning= how to study a piano technician's hearing situation.  Most audiologists a= re concerned only with helping patients, who already have hearing problems, g= et fitted with hearing aids and getting on a rehabilitation program, whose fo= cus is in hearing one's grandchildren.  I am interested in learning how t= o prevent hearing loss.</P> <P>One thing led to another and we ended up moving here.  Took us the= greater part of this year; in fact we will be in CA again for the first tw= o weeks of December, servicing clients there, and dealing with a number of o= ur pianos which are still down there.</P> <P>Attached is a brief write-up about the earplugs we use.  If you wa= nt further information, let me know.</P> <P>Diane</P></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>