<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>ergonomics, stress, and tintinus</TITLE> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anthony</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Welcome to the list and thank you for = your experiences with tinitus. I've had it since early my early 20's--drag = racing enthusiast too cool for ear plugs. Now I have a permanent "singing" in = my ears. It sounds like the szsinging sound of the summer cicadas (sp). Some days = are  better than others. Mine's right in the range of many people's = voices which distort when I hear certain letters or words. Makes me feel a lot = older than I am--always asking people to repeat themselves.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Paul Chick</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:asw2nr@earthlink.net" = title=asw2nr@earthlink.net>Anthony S.Wright</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September 22, = 2001 12:24 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> ergonomics, stress, = and tintinus</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Hello everyone<BR><BR>This is my first post to this = list, and I appreciate being able to offer some possible input and perhaps a = useful response. <BR><BR>The first time I became aware of significant = tintinus was after I had been tuning pianos as an ear tuner for about 5 years</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>