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From: Ann.Parsons@f207.n260.z1.fidonet.org (Ann Parsons)
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Subject: Re: Noise damage hearing loss
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Date: 8 Jan 91 18:52:54 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

Hi Wayne,

Well, this article comes at the most opportune time. I had a little experience 
the other day. I was walking down a hallway in one of our local schools. Ahead 
of me I heard the ninininininini noise of a walkman turned up so loud that I 
could hear the sound through the earphones ten feet away. I ran up behind the 
student and found him standing by a wall. I confronted him.

"Do you want to be deaf in twenty years?" I said. "Do you want to have to 
learn sign language?"

I hate to say it but I went on for about a minute. I finally ran down and he 
said, "Oh, yes, I know." He turned off the walkman.

Does anybody know how damaging these walkmans are? Has there been a study done 
about that? I know about the loud rock music from speakers, but what about 
earphones and walkmans? I found your article to be most interesting. If you 
find anything more, please let me know.

See you on-line.

Ann P.

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