Klarinet Archive - Posting 000504.txt from 1997/08

From: the Grouch <d-grouch@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Ear Plugs (Scary statistic)
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 20:57:58 -0400

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Pat Flannery said:

> As an addendum to my previous post (and to scare the *heck* out of my
> fellow list members), a poll of the (surviving) members of the Rock and
> Roll Hall of Fame shows that 60% of them now wear some type of hearing
> aid / assistive listening device. Deafness is a major occupational
> hazard for > musicians, whether you're playing Mozart of MegaDeath.

Addendum: Several years ago, back when I was alive, I was told that Navy
enlisees just out of high school could not be used for listening to SONAR
echos. Their hearing was worse than 40-year-old retirees, simply from
listening to rock music.
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Wm Laubengayer TANSTAAFL and TANJ