On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 05:02:26 -0500, Omelet wrote:

> In article <K51Qn.311$4w7.179@hurricane>,
> ChattyCathy > wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:54:42 -0500, Omelet wrote:
>>
>> > In article >,
>> > George > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Good summation here and some test tones:
>> >>
>> >> http://journal.plasticmind.com/ears/...ell-youre-a-yo
>> >> ung
>> >> un/
>> >
>> > I could hear up to the 16Kh, but I've been very protective of my
>> > hearing.
>>
>> I could hear them all - right up to 18KHz.
>
> Cool. I probably have some hearing damage from an early age. Dad used
> to take us rifle shooting on weekends in California and he was not in to
> hearing protection. He's having a lot of hearing issues lately. I use
> hearing protection routinely now when I go to the range.

I think a lot of us are guilty of thinking that our bodies and parts
thereof are indestructible when we're young(ish). I used to be laughed at
by family and friends (25 years ago) when we went to the shooting
range; if there was no proper hearing-protection available to beg, borrow
or steal from the club "pros", I'd just stuff my ears with wads of cotton
wool, which I always took with me. My aforementioned family/friends all
said I was being a "wuss".

Heh, "wussy" or not - even though the cotton wool might not have been
as effective as the "real thing" - at least I didn't have my ears
ringing for hours after a session... and I wasn't shouting at the top of
my voice like the rest of them (because they couldn't hear themselves
speak at normal levels) when we went back to the club house for a
BBQ/grill and a "toot" afterward either.

And I can still hear pretty well - when it suits me ;-) - even tho' I'm
no longer a young'un by any stretch of the imagination.

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Cheers
Chatty Cathy