Yikes - maybe I have some hearing loss already! Guess I can always deny it and say that people need to stop mumbling and speak more clearly. ;-) John Formsma -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Conrad Hoffsommer Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 7:03 AM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: Hearing G'day David, >----- Original Message ----- > >The other matter that could be of interest is the that quite strange >peculiarity of being able to hear your tuning very well, however when in a >noisy room, can't hear what people are saying to you. >Am I the only one who has this experience? I bet I'm not. >Love this facility, it is great. >Regards, >David Lawson Wangaratta Australia > >At 12:25 PM 6/9/2006 +0100, you wrote: >>Otherwise known as cocktail party syndrome and you are not the only one. >>AF Besides being washed over by a wall of white noise sound in the room, the inability to hear parts of conversation is one of the first indications of high frequency hearing loss, just like you probably can no longer hear that high pitched sound that most TV sets emit. Differentiating between "s" and "z", "t" and "d", "f" and "v", etc. becomes more difficult as high freq hearing loss progresses. Fortunately, the frequencies involved are too far above the piano range to affect tuning. So, you _can_ be a deaf piano tuner... ;-}}} Conrad Hoffsommer All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
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