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in article <414@gtx.com>, al@gtx.com (0732) says:
> One often hears about people blowing whistles or air horns into a
> telephone to thwart obscene callers. Is a telephone capable of
> transmitting enough sound amplitude to cause pain or damage to the ears?
> If so, this seems to be a dangerous capability in the hands of
> some crank.
 Yes it can, I once worked for PacBel and there were several people
(operators, 411) who received permanent hearing loss while working.
 The headsets (and phone system) could and did transmit a db noise
level that would cause this to happen.

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