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Originally Posted by rcarr
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I am now a little deaf, maybe due to being around noisy racing cars all of my life?
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Very likely. I too suffer from hearing problems, having had a burst eardrum - caused by a Ferrari at Copse, Silverstone, in 1988! It was the first time I'd ever attended an F1 race and I had no ear protection because I didn't realise how loud they were. Half way through the race I was in severe pain which started in my left ear and went all the way down to the fingers of my left hand. Once the Ferraris fell off the problem eased.
It's not so much the volume of noise, but the pitch that does the damage. Think of going to a really loud rock concert and how your ears ring for hours afterwards - same thing happens with racing cars. Which is why you'll rarely see me without airport style ear defenders these days.