Re: Nuclear Power

[Pambo1@aol.com]

Dear Sandy, Al, and other RADSAFE subscribers,

Before I entered the Air Force in 1978, my hearing was tested and found to be 
normal.  After tech school I was sent to Germany to work in a communications 
facility where at times the alarms and equipment noise reached extremely loud 
levels (enough to make my ears ring).  After about a year, I noticed I could 
no longer hear things that others could hear.  My supervisor convinced me to 
go in for a hearing test, and I was found to have a moderate to severe 
sensorineural (i.e., "nerve damage") hearing loss in both ears.  My close 
friend and coworker was exposed to the same conditions and did not lose his 
hearing.

To draw an analogy with Al's experience, does this mean the noise did not 
cause my hearing loss?

Pam Gillis Watson
Oak Ridge, TN
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