[pianotech] Hearing Improvement

[Rob McCall]

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the tip!  I'll take a look at the Pianotech catalog.  When  
I'm out playing with my shotgun or one of its brethren, I often use  
foam earplugs plus earmuffs for extra hearing protection.  Power  
tools... same thing. I just never thought about a mid range plug to  
help protect me while enhancing my discrimination at the same time. :-)

Rob

On Sep 08, 2009, at 17:06 , Michael Magness wrote:

> Hi Rob,
>
> I have been in this business for 40+ years, I only began wearing  
> earplugs about 10 years ago and have been kicking myself for not  
> doing it sooner. I had experimented with the foam shooter's plugs  
> but they didn't feel right and I abandoned them.
>
> About 10 years ago I got some of the 20db plugs from Pianotech and  
> found they worked well for me. I had my hearing tested in 2000 and  
> had no significant loss at any of the frequency levels. I had some  
> family and other health issues to deal with in the intervening time  
> and didn't have my hearing checked again until 2007 and when the  
> results were compared to my 2000 test the examiner(same person)  
> found my hearing had improved in certain areas and had not  
> deteriorated in any way.
>
> I have been using my hearing protection religiously while tuning and  
> using power tools in the shop and yard, 30db in the yard, the  
> earmuff type in the shop which are 28 to 30db.
> I have found, as others have pointed out that the 20db plugs help me  
> to hear what I need to hear without keeping me from hearing other  
> things I need to hear like buzzing strings, clicks, squeaks and  
> other action problems that need attention in addition to tuning.
>
> I used the plugs as an aural tuner and continue to use them with my  
> Cyber tuner acquired just a year ago, since I only use the etd to  
> tune one string of the unison and tune the others to match it aurally.
>
> Mike