The Comair crash reminds me...

"Peter R." wrote

I have tried earplugs and, as strange as this is going to read, I found
that my internal noises, like breathing and swallowing, were actually loud
enough to be distracting with them in. You don't realize how loud our
normal functions are until you block out all external noises.

You should fly for a while without hearing protection. You get the benefit
two ways

One, you will be half deaf, and will not hear most noises, and second, you
might get tinnitus (high pitched ringing in the ears) and the high pitches
screaming in your ear will drown out the other body noises !

Just kidding, everyone. Don't go out there and do this. There is nothing
good to what I described. I know, I live it! :-(
--
Jim in NC

Morgans wrote:
"Peter R." wrote

I have tried earplugs and, as strange as this is going to read, I found
that my internal noises, like breathing and swallowing, were actually loud
enough to be distracting with them in. You don't realize how loud our
normal functions are until you block out all external noises.

You should fly for a while without hearing protection. You get the benefit
two ways

One, you will be half deaf, and will not hear most noises, and second, you
might get tinnitus (high pitched ringing in the ears) and the high pitches
screaming in your ear will drown out the other body noises !

Just kidding, everyone. Don't go out there and do this. There is nothing
good to what I described. I know, I live it! :-(

I have very slightly hearing loss due to multiple ear infections as a
child. It's only noticeable during testing, but according to my doctor,
my brain makes up for the the hearing loss in the high frequencies by
being overly effective in the lower frequencies. Makes the noise of my
neighbor's air conditioning unbearable.

Morgans wrote:

You should fly for a while without hearing protection. You get the benefit
two ways

I damaged the hearing in my right ear when I was 8, and then again when I
was in high school. At 8 I mistakenly discharged a pistol indoors. After
that incident I had recurring tinnitus that will still occasionally surface
these days.

In high school I ran a DJ dance company and was the DJ. Week after week I
worked the turntables next to a very loud speaker that acted as a monitor
of what was going over the main speakers. It wasn't until I applied to the
US Air Force a few years later that I discovered a 40% loss of hearing in
the right ear.

--
Peter

In article ,
"Peter R." wrote:

At 8 I mistakenly discharged a pistol indoors.

"Mistakenly"?
Do you mean you were acting like an 8-year old? :-))

"john smith" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Peter R." wrote:

At 8 I mistakenly discharged a pistol indoors.

"Mistakenly"?
Do you mean you were acting like an 8-year old? :-))

Jeff Foxworthy's bit about his uncle that shot his cousin because he thought
he was a deer, because he was driving a brown car, comes to mind.

john smith wrote:

"Mistakenly"?
Do you mean you were acting like an 8-year old? :-))

The curiosity of an 8 year old combined with the typical late 60's/early
70's student/hippy pacifist beliefs of parents made for a near-deadly
combination when an authentic WWII German Lugar appeared in the house.

--
Peter