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Article #17986Re: Injury via Phone
From: Jeff Dalton
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1987 21:54
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1987 21:54
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In article <1952@kitty.UUCP> larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes: >It seems that a middle-aged woman who had worked as a switchboard >operator for 20-some years had applied for compensation resulting from >partial hearing loss in one ear. Her allegation was that then presence >of clicks and loud noises in her "headset ear" over many years caused Could the "many years" have been significant? My understanding was that prolonged exposure to noise levels well below the threshold of pain (say at 90 db) could cause hearing loss through damage to the inner ear. The maximum level of transmitted sound would not be the only factor. -- Jeff
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!mcvax!ukc!its63b!aiva!jeff From: jeff@aiva.ed.ac.uk (Jeff Dalton) Newsgroups: sci.electronics,sci.med Subject: Re: Injury via Phone Message-ID: <154@aiva.ed.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 24-Aug-87 17:54:45 EDT Article-I.D.: aiva.154 Posted: Mon Aug 24 17:54:45 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Aug-87 04:40:43 EDT References: <414@gtx.com> <1952@kitty.UUCP> Reply-To: jeff@uk.ac.ed.aiva (Jeff Dalton) Organization: Dept. of AI, Univ. of Edinburgh, UK Lines: 12