<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 3/29/2004 5:30:03 AM Pacific Standard Time, Alpha88x= @aol.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial size=2>      &= nbsp;          Coffee: A health= conscious piano tech school pier told me last year that coffee affects your= hearing. I found this to be somewhat true. My brother says it affects your = short term memory and mental sharpness. Has anyone ever heard this?<BR><BR>B= lessings,<BR>Julia Gottchall,<BR>Reading. PA    </FONT></BLOC= KQUOTE></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4>     </FONT><FONT size=3>HI Julia<= /FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>    Yes I believe its' true. For those wi= th tinnitus the caffiene causes an increse in the ringing. Also caffien= e depletes the adrenal glands by over stimulating there production leaving y= ou short of the juice to power your brain causing mental fatigue which in tu= rn could affect short term memory ie as in I couldn't concentrate on what yo= u were saying. It affects every one differently. Hey caffiene is a drug afte= rall & many abuse it. I personally drink decaf any more with one small s= coop of the real stuff for flavor in the am for my one cup of pseudo re= al coffee. There are  amny chemicals in coffe as well. Oh well....pass = the coffee?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  Dale Erwin</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>