Stick it in Your Ear

foreign [Applause] hey I like to take a minute to talk to you about hearing loss did you know that uh being exposed to loud noise all the time can result in permanent damage to your hearing that's right and did you also know that once your hearing has been damaged there's practically no way that they can restore it completely yeah being in my business you've got to know things like that you know working around noisy equipment all the time like you know if you lost your hearing you'd be in big trouble pal that's right like if you're going down a dark alley and some guy was following you you couldn't hear him could be curtains if that's why I wear these yeah that's right earplugs or if you like ear muffs you got to give your ears protection if you know what I mean so being in the protection business myself I understand these things so take it from me Lefty Magoon do what I do and stick it in your ear Lefty has a good point there high intensity sound can damage your hearing and the only way to prevent this damage is to place some kind of barrier between the source of the noise and the sensitive elements inside your ear the two most effective hearing protection devices are earplugs and ear mutts when do you need hearing protection anytime you're around high intensity sound like gunfire noisy engines loud music pneumatic equipment and Industrial machinery foreign I'll let rattling and clanking and thumping down there driving me crazy I can't even hear myself think okay Charlie let's go take a look [Applause] [Applause] Here Charlie these should solve the problem just stick them in your ears whenever you're in a high noise area and you'll be protected oh no you ain't getting me to use those things I hate them besides they make me feel funny now fix the machine to run quieter or figure out some way for me to operate it at a distance well Charlie we'll try your sound quieter how'd you do it come take a look Charlie here's how it works Charlie you just reach in here and oh wait a minute I'm not buying that approach you gotta do something better than that all right what's going on it sounds just as noisy to me as I did before what have you been up to very simple Charlie you wouldn't buy it when we tried to muffle the sound of the source so now we're going to isolate you from the noise wait a minute what do you mean isolation we've built you an isolation Booth come on I'll show you [Applause] [Applause] foreign well Charlie I think we finally solved the problem we bring things up so that everything can be controlled from right here in this room there's no need for you to go down to the machine shop at all anymore terrific I knew you guys could do it if you just try it now where do I sit well Charlie that brings up a point that I've been meaning to talk to you about you see with all this sophisticated and expensive equipment to run things everything's automated now wait a minute can we work something out here I mean uh you know we can make some sort of a compromise I'm sure I mean hey where did you put those earplugs anyway doctor says I can't do anything about it once you lose your hearing you can never get it back it says it happens to a lot of people at my age oh yeah but you know losing your hearing is no fun I can't hear worth it damn myself anymore either I can remember when I could hear everything I could hear the birds singing in the evening used to go to the movies now it's no fun oh boy you're sure right about that you know I used to like to listen to music but uh well I don't know it just doesn't sound right anymore it's all flat and thin I guess I should have listened to him down at the boiler works when they told me to wear my ear muffs you know I might still be going to concerts if I had well I guess we all get smart as we get older at least that's what I keep telling myself well maybe you're right grandpa maybe you're right thank you foreign in the first photograph is Mitchell Horton ascending a front man who operates a phony brokerage firm on Wall Street two days ago Gordon disappeared only hours after he approached us with information about Lucius lucky LePage a key figure in The Syndicate Securities fraud operation we have reason to believe that LePage the heavy set man shown in the second photograph has kidnapped Gordon and is holding him prisoner at his country home in the northern part of the state judging from past experience Gordon will not survive more than a few days under lepage's questioning your mission should you choose to accept it is to rescue Gordon and discredit the page your support team is shown in the remaining photographs between them they possessed all necessary skills to successfully complete the mission if any of you are caught however the secretary will deny all knowledge of your actions this tape will self-destruct in five seconds say Gordon or Martin I wish these things wouldn't self-destruct Ure [Music] just answer one question one question one question well those engines of yours are pretty loud aren't they and you're not wearing any hearing protection doesn't all that noise bother you no man no no no no no you get used to it why don't people wear hearing protection devices when they're in high noise areas one excuse is that earplugs or earmuffs make it impossible to communicate with other people that they shut out what you're trying to say however that's not true let's look at what actually happens when you put a protected device between your ear and the outside world all sounds are not identical they differ in frequency or pitch as well as in loudness but the most damaging noise is high frequency noise and this is the kind that hearing protection devices cut out most effectively lower and medium frequency sounds like that of the human voice come through with less reduction this means that when you wear a hearing protector you can actually hear other people talking in a noisy environment more easily than you can without the protective device [Music] well here we are you have our reservations I assume that's Colchester for eight o'clock we made them this afternoon several hours ago certainly right this way thank you well Mabel what do we have tonight oh I don't know Herman I think they have the frost legs I love frog playing who are you going to have oh I'm not sure maybe we ought to have a drink first oh waiter could we have a drink please certainly several would you please keep it a bit quieter well I can't hear you speak up man I said I'd be glad to bring you a drink but would you please keep your voice down a bit oh certainly now I'll have a scotch and soda and Mabel here will have a what would you like dear I think I'll have a slow gin fizz thank you what was that a slow gin fizz yeah she'll have a slow gin fish yes now where were we oh yeah deciding what to order I think I'll have the prime rib yep that's it prime rib well then I think I will have the Frog plagues if you'll give me a teeny bite of your prime rib who that do what what was that again Mabel I said I do think I'll have the frog's name if you'll give me a bite of your prime rib all right all right you don't have to shout I'm not hard of hearing you know [Music] [Music] hey watch out for the piano [Music] [Music] [Music] hey come here yeah what's the matter you hear me no oh no look at the noise of the factory ringing in my ears yeah you want to go get a beer no I can't March's got a roast in the oven I gotta get home okay let's see okay [Music] thank you