Klarinet Archive - Posting 000509.txt from 1997/08

From: "C Henderson" <chenderson@-----.au>
Subj: Ear plugs/hearing aids
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 12:21:13 -0400

Pat Flannery wrote:
> {Soap Box mode on}
> 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.
> {Soap Box mode off}
>

It's not that I don't agree with you Pat, in fact I'm always urging my =
DJ husband to use earplugs, but I wonder how that figure compares with =
the general population - after all, no statistic means much without somet=
hing to compare it with. Can anyone provide a figure?

Clare
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variously clarinetist, writer/lecturer, herbalist
chook fanatic and menagerie manager
<chenderson@-----.au>
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