[SEL] Totally "Off Topic" question.

[Bruce Younger]

I know exactly where it came from.  Uncle Sam's Rifle Club insisted I learn International Morse Code.  It was taught roughly, by screaming instructors (yes, literally).  They had to be heard over the "cans" - earphones - through which the machine-generated code came.  The sound level was not adjustable.  It was LOUD.
I have been through a couple of audiology examinations.  The conclusion is that aids can make the rest of the sounds louder, but when they are louder than the tinnitus, the entirety is more than I can bear.  The civilian audiologist told me the aids I needed were $6200, four years ago.  I don't remember if that was for one or two; didn't matter - they won't guarantee they will help.  My entire MOS (O5G) suffers from hearing loss and tinnitus.  Most get a little disability for it, 10% each affliction.   I don't; the DVA decided my hearing problems were not service-related.  
The battery of 8" guns next door to our base near Nha Trang was also unhelpful, but that's just my opinion.
The older I get, the more obtrusive the tinnitus becomes.  Those around me are even more tired of it than I am.  Eh?



Bruce Younger 

05G HHC 313 RR Bn 3/67-4/68 

Madison, SD

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wrote a blank check made payable to ‘The United States of America ‘ for an
amount of ‘up to and including my life.’ That is Honor, and there are way too
many people in this country who no longer understand it.’


 		 	   		  
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