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mdsalemi

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Hearing loss.
« on: October 07, 2009, 20:26:02 »
Hmmm.

Nearly all of the 113's are convertibles, and we're nearly all men.  Great.  See here:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/07/hearing.loss.noise/index.html?eref=igoogle_cnn

What was that again?? ;)
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Re: Hearing loss.
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2009, 20:41:42 »
From the article:
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Researchers also have yet to figure out why marital status would play a role, Djalilian said.

I think I have some ideas why hearing loss is more likely if one is married...  ;)
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Re: Hearing loss.
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2009, 22:15:13 »
Selective hearing is more like it.  There's nothing wrong with me, I just choose what to hear.   ;D
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Re: Hearing loss.
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2009, 01:25:59 »
Huh,  eh?
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