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 Re: How High Can You Hear?
Author: Chris P 
Date:   2009-07-12 21:21

I did lose the hearing in my left ear during a rehearsal once - I had a piccolo player sat to my immediate left who belted out the top notes, and all of them were well sharp. The initial whistling that started in my ear got louder and then it was if my inner ear just shut down completely to protect itself.

For the remainder of the rehearsal I couldn't hear at all from my left ear and this was worrying as I couldn't hear well enough to tell if I was in tune or what note I was actually playing. I could have been playing anything and I wouldn't have noticed if it was right or wrong.

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