[pianotech] Hearing Protection

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Tue Sep 8 11:11:40 MDT 2009


Porritt, David wrote:
  > Oh, and when your hearing is muffled after a rock concert,
> it's not from the muscle contractions, but from cochlear
> fatigue.  Too much of that and you'll get cochlear damage.

Right. The little muscles both react, and recover, very 
quickly. But they eventually fatigue when overworked 
continually, quit damping effectively, and leave the cochlea 
unprotected. That's the way I read it.
Ron N


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