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Article: Protect Your Hearing.(firearm noise and hearing loss)(Brief Article)
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- Sports Afield
- Article date:
- August 1, 2001
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WHEN PARTICIPANTS AT AN NRA CONVENTION were given electronic audio exams, nearly 50 percent of those tested had some level of heating loss. This survey included young and old, casual and frequent shooters.
"Even shooting a .22 rifle, which many people don't think is bad, is bad," says audiologist Garry G. Gordon. Gordon's company, E.A.R. (Environmental Acoustical Research), Inc., specializes in heating-protection products.
"Depending on the length of the barrel and the size of the cartridge," says Gordon, "the .22's noise level comes in around 140 decibels, which approaches the threshold of pain. Eighty-five to 90 decibels is where heating damage is a ...