05-20-14: Frogman
****You know, I wouldn't be surprised at all if most of them were deaf, quite frankly.****
Huh?!?!
He's referring to the fact that SPLs in the middle of an orchestra can be quite loud. If ear protection is not used, hearing damage is quite possible. See the following article if interested: http://www.ciop.pl/44610
From the article:
... the A-weighted equivalent
continuous sound pressure level LAeq measured
over the duration of a single music piece, on the
stage among musicians of a concert orchestra
(wind instruments) is 83.0Â106.5 dB.
Dick