Re: Nuclear Power

["dkosloff1" <dkosloff1@email.msn.com>]

When I entered the Naval Academy in 1965 I had 20/20 vision, consistent with
annual vision tests I had taken since the first grade.  Every morning at
reveille we had to have all lights on in our room before the reveille bell
stopped ringing.  The room would go quickly from complete darkness to
brightly lighted.  My eyes would sting a little bit, but I didn't think
anything about it (I was pretty busy).  About 18 months later I realized
that I could not read the blackboard in calculus class (not a bad thing, but
I needed to pass the course).  I finally went to sick bay and my vision had
changed to 20/200.  The doctor told me that "stuff happens".  Everyone else
at the Academy was exposed to the same conditions and most of them did not
lose their eyesight.

Does this mean that the light changes did not cause my partial loss of
vision? :-)

Good point though, but the general public seem to prefer anecdotal insights.
In my senior year at the Academy they changed the reveille rule.  Only the
sink and shower light had to be turned on immediately, so most of the rooms
went from dark to dimly lit.  My vision didn't improve, but the answer is
out there.  In 1968 the Navy needed college graduates with 20/20 vision for
flight school.


Don Kosloff dkosloff1@email.msn.com
2910 Main St
Perry OH 44081

----- Original Message -----
From: <Pambo1@aol.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 10:39 PM
Subject: Re: Nuclear Power


> 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?



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