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Author: sdr
Date: 2015-06-23 15:50
Attachment: NIOSH_Musicians 2015.pdf (474k)
Here's a very important (and scary) summary of hearing risk issues for musicians compiled by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. I posted in another thread but it was buried in the thread and I think it is important enough to stand alone here.
-sdr
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Steven D. Rauch, MD
Professor and Vice Chair for Academic Affairs
Dept. of Otology and Laryngology
Harvard Medical School
Member, Otology Division
Chief, Vestibular Division
Otolaryngology Dept.
Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary and Mass. General Hospital
Boston, MA 02114
Tel: 617-573-3644
Email: steven_rauch@meei.harvard.edu
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2015-06-23 16:39
It's not just school situations that are imperfect when it comes to non-acoustically treated rooms. In military music there can be quite an emphasis on MILITARY, as in, "I said, rehearse!" I have been in several home base band facilities that were at varies states of renovation AND NO ACOUSTICAL treatment for almost a full year (each). And we rehearsed full band. This is like taking your best stereo system, putting it in your shower with you (without the water turned on of course) and turning it up to ten.
And taking it back to schools, military bands play in less than ideal "cafetoriums" and "gymatoriums" which are what you run into mostly at grade schools these days.
The kicker in all of this is that military Occupational Health workers are trained to look for hearing loss related to quick/loud percussive sounds (explosions - yeah I get it) and discount the rest as "normal wear and tear."
...........Paul Aviles
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Author: Roxann
Date: 2015-06-23 21:24
Steven, Thanks to the thread you posted and mentioned above (from several months ago) I purchased four different kinds of musician's earplugs. I got all of them in one order from earplugstore.com. I purchased: Clarity, Hearos, Etymotic, and Earasers. I've tried them all and like the Earasers best. They're designed like a hearing aid so fit in my ear better than the "plug" kinds. Also, with them, I can still hear what my conductor is saying. Fortunately, some of these brands come in small for those of us with very tiny ear canals. I heeded your advice from several months ago and am most grateful to you for posting it. I played in the orchestra pit last week for 7 shows and my ears ached for two days afterwards. All my ears wanted for two days was total quiet. I didn't think the pit was that noisy since there were only 16 of us playing, but it had to have been a lot noisier than I realized. Unfortunately, because I didn't think it was "that" loud, I didn't wear the Earasers. I regretted it! Thanks again for your great advice.
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