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Show 8 ©Hilltop Tunes October 21 . 2004 'Shooter's ear' permanent side effect of hunting noise showed they heard normally Audiologist, 75th Aerospace Medicine Squadron before. One, a 20-year old airHunting season is here. The mountains and fields will be Decibels ' Rocket Launching Pad 180 filled with reports of rifle fire, and the ponds and marshes will man, fired only 143-182 FIREARMS four rounds from echo with multiple shotgun blasts. 7mm Remington Magnum Rifle 182 an M4 rifle (.223 If you enjoy hunting, be careful! Shooting — even single .357 Magnum Pistol 165 caliber), but sufshots — causes irreversible and permanent damage to your 160-173 12 & 20 Gauge Shotguns fered a 35 deci160-170 hearing. .30-06 Rifles .45 ACP Pistol 157 Shooting is a big part of Utah history and culture. Many of bel loss of .223 & .243 Rifles 156 ./ hearing. His loss Hill AFB's employees are hunters and gun enthusiasts. For 154-169 * .308 Winchester Rifles those 5,500 who work in hazardous noise areas, hearing con- is similar to how .38 S&W Pistol 154 a 60-year old servation training and hearing checks are done yearly. If 143-150 .22 Rifles 140 -F-16 Launch someone is overexposed to noise, hearing loss will show up would hear, and /Riveting Steel Tank the loss is irre130 on their next hearing test. If hearing loss progresses, some120-130 THRESHOLD OF PAIN times the worker is removed from noise duties for safety rea- versible. Automobile Horn 20 Another shooter, sons. { Sandblasting 112 a federal civilian Here is a problem: hearing loss picked up off duty is also 80-90 Industrial Shop or Factory HEARING DAMAGE STARTS 85 picked up on an employee's annual hearing test. Of off-duty employee, fired Busy Traffic 75 noise exposures, shooting is a major cause of hearing losses. just eight shots Conversation Speech 65 from his 12 Hearing loss from recreational shooting can disqualify employAverage Home 50 y^ gauge shotgun, ees from their professions. Quiet Office 40 ^ resulting in 75 Here is another problem: even the best hearing protection Soft Whisper 30* decibels of percannot completely guard your ears from some of the louder manent severe gunshots. loss. "plinking away". Shooting hearing losses show up as lopsided hearing test results. One ear is typically more exposed to the loudest noise, The loss caused him to hear conversations abnormally, and • Be aware of ringing in your ears, or muffled hearing. These which comes from the end of the barrel. This causes a "shooter'simpaired his ability to hear warnings. He went from normal are common signs your ears are being damaged from shoothearing to needing a hearing aid for only 10 minutes of unpro- ing or other noise. ear" test pattern: the left ear usually shows the most damtected shooting. age for right-shoulder shooters. • Ears don't "toughen up" with noise exposures. They "deafen Here are some tips to protect ears and hearing while up". The right ear is protected somewhat by the metal covering the breech, and the skull also blocks some of the noise from shooting: • Be courteous and protect bystanders: insist they wear • Wear hearing protection. Deeply inserted earplugs, covthe barrel tip. hearing protection. ered by ear muff protectors, provide excellent protection. What causes shooting to damage hearing? It produces an • Have your best hearing protection on the ear closest to • Invest in your ears: custom ear plugs and electronic noise- the gun tip. extremely high noise level, very fast, and very close to the ear. One shot from a .357 magnum pistol exposes the shooter reducing headsets are good but pricey. As one hunter told • Look for a high Noise Reduction Rating when purchasing to 165 decibels for 2 milliseconds, and is equivalent to 40 unpro-me, "hunting is an expensive sport, but hunter's muffs are a hearing protection from sporting goods stores or gun deallot cheaper than hearing aids." tected hours on the flightline. Bear in mind that conversaers. • A good hearing protector for someone else may not work tional speech is about 65 decibels, and ear pain from noise is • Don't care to wear hearing protection while rifle or shotwell for you. Sample different types of protectors. It will be gun hunting? Bow hunt! experienced near 120 decibels. Recently, two workers came in for hearing tests after shoot- obvious which ones provide the best protection for you. Remember, hearing loss picked up from shooting happens • Always wear ear protection when zeroing weapons or ing. 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