Kingfisher Airlines dishes out spectacle type headphones to its
passengers.
These are quite comfortable but long usage over several hours is not
recommended.----- Original Message ----- From: "Harish Kotian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 8:19 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Fw: Hearing loss. > Hi Subramani > > Although I personally don't like to use a head phone, I rescently happend > to > see a headphone which was less irritating. > > The headphone rests on your ear, and one has to wear it, similarly, to > wearing a spectacles. > > You can also wear both the spectacles and this earphone as well. > > Harish. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Subramani L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 6:14 PM > Subject: Re: [AI] Fw: Hearing loss. > > >> Quite a chilling stuff. BTW, I hope some of you remember my enquiries a >> few months ago about the effects of head phone usage, as I have been >> using headphones at my work place. >> >> I experienced very severe ear pains for sometime and with my wife's >> advice, had replaced the ordinary headphone with a >> noice-cancellation-based one, which also has a volume control system. >> Now, though it isn't entirely alright, I feel much comfortable. >> >> Subramani >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harish >> Kotian >> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 3:59 PM >> To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in >> Subject: [AI] Fw: Hearing loss. >> >> *********************** >> No virus was detected in the attachment no filename >> >> Your mail has been scanned by InterScan. >> ***********-*********** >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: P. Subramani >> To: Harish Kotian >> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 4:32 AM >> Subject: Hearing loss. >> >> >> Dear Harish, Please find the information below on the above subject. >> I feel since most blind use headphones, this item could be useful. If >> you feel so, please send the information to the AI list. About 8 years >> ago, I saw a TV news program alerting that a college >> student came to an ear specialist. The attending doctor shook his >> head because he couldn't find the reason or cause of the young >> patient who was losing his hearing capability rapidly. >> >> The young man visited several hospitals seeking for help, because he >> nearly lost his hearing capability. >> >> Responding to the TV news, one of private research institute offered >> to study the young man in exchange with publication in a certain >> company advertisement. >> >> The research group conducted the case and concluded that the college >> student was a music lover who was using high fidelity loudspeaker >> amplifiers. Since the time he enjoyed listening jazz and pop music >> with the latest model of amplifier, he became the victim of modern >> life. >> >> Some amplifiers produce strange sounds or frequencies that destroy >> several parts of the body. Once again, the news went around and many >> inquires came to several research groups. >> >> Yes, we knew now that many headphone users among music lovers are >> reportedly having some hearing difficulties. >> >> We believe that some frequencies and loud sounds coming from the >> earphones make the eardrum to be thickened reducing hearing >> capabilities. Most patients who have difficulties in hearing are due >> to them using portable music players like the above photo, especially >> at high frequency and middle frequency of about 400 Hz and lower >> frequency of about 100 Hz below. We understood that eardrums do not >> respond nor vibrate due to the thickening of eardrums, and this is >> one of the new strains of illness in modern age. >> >> There is nothing wrong with portable music players. It is only >> because users set their music players to a high volume that can >> destroy their eardrum. That is how doctors comment. >> >> However, in some cases of music lover who lost almost all his hearing >> capability was not only because of loud sound. Some loud sound Hi-Fi >> amplifiers produce strange sounds or frequencies that destroy not >> only eardrums but also internal organs. 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