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From: ksbszabo@watvlsi.UUCP (Kevin Szabo)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Uneven hearing
Message-ID: <2770@watvlsi.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 25-Oct-85 23:22:33 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 25 23:22:33 1985
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Reply-To: ksbszabo@watvlsi.UUCP (Kevin Szabo)
Organization: VLSI Group, U of Waterloo
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Summary: 

>From: David Sher  
>Since I've bought a walkman I've noticed that there is a major
>difference in the hearing of my two ears. 

I noticed the same thing with my hearing.  It was most prominent when
I switched the telephone receiver from the left to the right ear;  
it surprised me how much more I had to strain to hear the other person.

The problem turned out to be the result of a childhood ear infection.
Due to the pressure my eardrum ruptured (I can still remember the relief,
the pain from the pressure was awful) and scar tissue formed.
The small amount of scarring was enough to reduce the sensitivity
by a couple of db's.

		Kevin
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Kevin Szabo' watmath!watvlsi!ksbszabo (U of W VLSI Group, Waterloo, Ont, Canada)