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examine ear safety of stereo systems tribune april 17 1985 b7 by dr egerton davis there are in creasing allegations that loud music from walkabout stereos may dam age the ears but these claims have yet to be substanti ated says health news published by the university of toronto faculty of medicine nonetheless we cannot ignore the possibijfty that sound from person al stereos can cause deafness in the same way as indust rial noise if loud and persistent enough many now rely on lieadsets for sonic privacy personal stereos provide good quality sound allow people to en joy the music of their choice when and where they wish without disturbing others help make working hours more bearable and re lieve loneliness there are some indications of musicinduced hearing loss among young people teenagers often play their portable units at volume set- ting 7 or 8 to better appreciate the music or drown out unwanted noise at such settings the machines produce from 106 to 113db decibels equiva lent to a thunderc lap a level that may produce irreversi ble hearing damage even after half an hours listening tests done by the canadian hearing society suggest that anyone who listens to a portable casset teradio playei at setting 4 for over four to six hours a day is exposed to noise greater than the official safe limit established for workers without ear protection the walkabout radio models tested pro duced 95 db of sound around the volume 4 setting a noise level which although not exces sively loud to the hearer is a level that could impair hearing according to the canadian hearing society other authorities contest this view pointing out that the emitted sound of different stations varies in intensity and pitch making it impossible to cate gorically fix a defi nite volume setting which ear damage may occur risk tables show that a 90 db expo sure for eight hours a day five days a week leaves 85 per cent of the popula tion with ears un harmed after 10 years but about 15 per cent suffer measurable hearing ioss an exposure of 85dbafor40hoursa week over a 10 year period leaves 94 per cent of people un harmed with about six per cent suffer ing some hearing loss critics condemn the practice of tun ing in as a growing trend to tune out the rest of the world as a sign of cultural isolation ism that excludes social interaction a far greater hazard than hearing loss comes from the outdoor use of wal kabout headphones particularly on busy streets joggers and cyclists who plug in may court disaster chamber holds annual meeting vvhitchurchstouffville chamber of commerce held its annual dinner meeting and election of officers monday at the regal restaurant j members pictured here are front irow left to right graydon card ged stonehouse returning presi dent ann rae donna toms ken sandiford and bill susands back row left to right jim mason jack chambers jean barclay doug wed- del andgary bouwmeister by blotting out warning noises such as the hum of a near by vehicle or an approaching train in the summer of 1983 a 17 year old youth walking along railway tracks while wearing head phones was struck and killed by a pas senger train such a fatality demons trates all clearly how portable stereos mask the sounds of approaching danger undoubtedly wal kabout headphones are here to stay so lets learn to use them sensibly goodwood ps students present jungle book jungle book will come to life on the stage at goodwood public school thursday and friday april 18 and 19 both shows begin at 8 pm performing the tiger chase scene at a recent dress rehearsal are left to right karen win- terstein baloo the bear mark fine standing in for steven groenveld sherekhan sandra magill bagheera and jessica dennis mowgli chris shanahan editors mail spelling is a problem dear mr thomas im always pleased to read stories of a positive nature concerning young people im referring in particular to the mathematics competition in which stu dents from stouffville dist secondary school did so well without wanting to sound negative i wish as much stress locally and national ly was placed on spelling if our education system has a failure spelling is it the majority of students to day elementary and secondary are fai lures in this regard a problem that will plague them all through life theres something very wrong with the teaching process during pupils formative school years with respect to spelling its not peculiar to york region but province- wide its a common complaint with pa rents everywhere sincerely eleanor mccarthy millard street f r stouffville george drysdale left manager of the sears store at markham place mall confers with sears president michael bozic centre and chief executive officer richard sharpe a battalion of sears store managers and ex ecutives from across the country armed with notebooks and information kits descended on square one on the weekend for a longawaited tour of the new superstore combing every square inch of the 107000- square foot department store they had ex plained to them in detail the retailers new strategic merchandising concept a 220- million bid by sears canada fnc to completely revamp the entire 74store chains merchandis ing apparatus and increase its share of goods and services sold to existing customers and the 175 managers and executives attend ing were notably impressed by what they saw sears chairman and chief executive officer richard sharpe said the remerchandising effort nearly two years in the making com bines the successful elements of a tried and tested concept by its chicagobased parent sears roebuck and co with a made-in- canada formula weve capitalized on merchandise selection by combining the two styles the us with its successful hardware merchandising and cana da with its clothing sharpe said i know the board of directors is going to love it when they see it in a couple of weeks he adds company president michael bozic said the new sears is not a radical departure but a major refinement of our 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