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Thekaspervote

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9. Had very noise intense jobs- emergency rms as an RN and medical flight transport

Reply to matt819 (Original post)

Tue Oct 27, 2020, 11:21 PM

Oct 2020

The sound inside a helicopter even with head phones is intense. Had to listen so carefully for ground support orders, was always concerned I wouldn’t hear something correctly. When I first quit that job, I would watch TV muted!

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Noise [View all] matt819 Oct 2020 OP

I'm with you, I dislike noise. Also the sounds of people chewing drive me nutty. MLAA Oct 2020 #1

I worked in ship's engine rooms for years. Turbineguy Oct 2020 #2

Rheostats that turn regular lamp sockets Phoenix61 Oct 2020 #3

I noticed a decline in noise dweller Oct 2020 #4

I have misophonia Skittles Oct 2020 #5

Have had hissing, pounding and ringing in ears since the 70's. sprinkleeninow Oct 2020 #6

Sirens drove me from the city Ponietz Oct 2020 #7

Think what it would be like to he hard of hearing. sheshe2 Oct 2020 #8

Had very noise intense jobs- emergency rms as an RN and medical flight transport Thekaspervote Oct 2020 #9

Noise, especially unnecessary noise drives me nuts. yonder Oct 2020 #10

I'm wondering if you may have an undiagnosed SNHL as tinnitus is a symptom of such. littlemissmartypants Oct 2020 #11

for all of june, the assholes at the end of my block were shooting m-100s. mopinko Oct 2020 #12

I hate noise Bayard Oct 2020 #13

Matt, I'm what's called a HSP..... KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2020 #14

Arthur Schopenhauer wrote that Harker Oct 2020 #15