At 23:09 3/18/2006, you wrote: >Hi John and other ear plug users, >I don' t use ear plugs, but to be honest, I've never heard of a >piano tech using them until I met you guys. How can one hear when >their ears are plugged? I remember having a bad cold and all I >could hear was the inside of my head, or what I thought was the >inside of my head. If I were to stick m finger in my ear, it would >block a lot of sound. So how do ear plugs benefit us? >Marshall BTW, MARSHALL!!! & Ron Boyd... PLEASE EDIT YOUR REPLYS SO A 1k MESSAGE DOESN'T SHOW UP AS 25k/50k!!!!! Some of us are on slow dial-ups... grrrrrrrr ;-{ We don't need to re-read the entire thread every time. Stepping back down... Back on point, O.S.H.A. tells us that prolonged exposure to sound pressure levels over 90dB is injurious and will cause long-term (read: PERMANENT!) hearing loss. Years ago I took some dB readings in different rooms and on different types of instruments and found that my tuning was easily over 90dB. In fact, peaking over 100dB was no problem. Before someone says something about my pounding too hard whilst tuning, I might point out that I clocked some students practicing at +90bD levels. >>So how do ear plugs benefit us? >>Marshall Simply put, they protect your hearing and lessen the possibility of you becoming a Siemens customer. Conrad Hoffsommer You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you.
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