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Originally Posted by jimjamuser
On the flight line, it was required that the troops have ear defenders with them. Many would wear their ear "muffs" on their toolboxes as the big jets wound up their 130 DB engines (past the threshold of pain). They. apparently considered themselves to be cool, tough, and macho. I did not see it that way and always wore mine. I did NOT experience tinnitus until I was over 75 years old.
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I was jet engine mechanic for 41 years. Built hundreds of them, ran them, tested them. I had prefect hearing until I had thing called acoustic neuroma. Yes, I religiously wore ear plugs and ear defenders. I also had 55 gasser drag cars with open headers. There other problem that causes tinnitus other than noise.