I drink about one Coke or Pepsi every 2 months, so I doubt that it's going to
bother me, but I should be most interested to know what constituent might cause
this. I could broach the subject with an AvMed student on our Squadron;
they're always looking for a subject for research.
Chris
On 5 Nov 2010, at 13:58, Ken Norton wrote:
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> It doesn't appear to be caffeine related, because other caffeinated
> drinks didn't seem to universally cause the problem. But Coca Cola and
> Pepsi specifically are problematic.
>
> I don't fly very often anymore, but when I do, I avoid those drinks
> because my own ears are so problematic. Double ear-infection twice as
> a child severely damaged my eardrums. Since age three, I've never had
> more than 70% of my hearing, but what is unusual is I still have
> wide-spectrum sensitivity and can hear up to 20 kHz. About five years
> ago, I could actually detect sounds to about 22kHz. My threshold of
> pain is also very low. So when at a concert or live event, I always
> have earplugs with me. When doing FoH mixing, I mix sound to that
> sweet spot between threshold of pain and "ah, I can hear it" point. I
> do get complemented a lot because the old people don't complain and
> the young people are happy too. I mix loud, but not piercing.
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