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* Gunners in the British Army are issued ear defenders to protect from the sound of the chonking big gun going off when you're stood right next to it - but they make it hard to hear orders, so they generally only cover one ear permanently during fire missions. |
* Gunners in the British Army are issued ear defenders to protect from the sound of the chonking big gun going off when you're stood right next to it - but they make it hard to hear orders, so they generally only cover one ear permanently during fire missions. |
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** Actor Tim Barlow, while serving in the British Army, was left profoundly deaf from firing a high-powered rifle. |
** Actor Tim Barlow, while serving in the British Army, was left profoundly deaf from firing a high-powered rifle. |
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** Modern earplugs that can allow different amounts of sound into the ear via switches are issued for 21st century US ground troops (and presumably others). However, many soldiers prefer to leave them out and risk eardrum damage if it means a better chance of hearing something that happens to be both quiet and vital to his or her survival, not to mention it's one less piece of kit to hassle with in a warzone. Colonel Kathy Gates, audiology consultant to the US Army surgeon general, stated in an [http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/09/army_ear_protection_090509w/ Army Times article ] that soldiers who wear the issued earplugs properly are protected from most hearing damage. |
** Modern earplugs that can allow different amounts of sound into the ear via switches are issued for 21st century US ground troops (and presumably others). However, many soldiers prefer to leave them out and risk eardrum damage if it means a better chance of hearing something that happens to be both quiet and vital to his or her survival, not to mention it's one less piece of kit to hassle with in a warzone. Colonel Kathy Gates, audiology consultant to the US Army surgeon general, stated in an [http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/09/army_ear_protection_090509w/ Army Times article ]{{Dead link}} that soldiers who wear the issued earplugs properly are protected from most hearing damage. |
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* In orchestras players who sit in front of the trumpet section are issued earplugs because if you sit in front of any decent trumpeter, when the music gets loud and/or intense, ''you face the very real threat of having your eardrums ruptured.'' |
* In orchestras players who sit in front of the trumpet section are issued earplugs because if you sit in front of any decent trumpeter, when the music gets loud and/or intense, ''you face the very real threat of having your eardrums ruptured.'' |
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* [[William Shatner]] and [[Leonard Nimoy]] both suffer from tinnitus because of standing too close to explosions going off on [[Star Trek]], as did the late De Forest Kelly. The last specifically from the FX explosions at the beginning of ''The Arena''. |
* [[William Shatner]] and [[Leonard Nimoy]] both suffer from tinnitus because of standing too close to explosions going off on [[Star Trek]], as did the late De Forest Kelly. The last specifically from the FX explosions at the beginning of ''The Arena''. |
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