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Pop a Pill, Save Your Hearing

Posted by michael on from the pull-string-gun-go-boom dept.

powlow writes "People who've had their ears damaged by gunfire, jackhammers or punk rock have traditionally had two choices: get hearing aids, or suffer in silence. But a new set of drugs, about to be tested on Marine recruits, is showing promise as a way to protect ears against the din."

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  1. Science fun by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    At the University of Michigan, for example, guinea pigs were blasted for five hours with 115 decibels of sound -- about the equivalent of a chainsaw.

    I like that word 'blasted'. Where can I get a job blasting helpless animals like that?

  2. Don't ask, don't tell by AtariAmarok · · Score: 4, Funny

    "tested on Marines", I just start to think of superviruses, and stuff like that"

    Just wait until Mary Kay discovers that it can do most of its lipstick and eye-shadow testing on platoons of Marines instead of rabbits.

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    Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
  3. Re:A prophylactic, not a cure by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    So basically you put these pills in your ears and that dampens the noise? ;-)

  4. Oh great.... by rasteri · · Score: 5, Funny

    Soon I'm going to have to take TWO pills to go to clubs...

  5. damaged ears by Amiga+Lover · · Score: 5, Funny

    People who've had their ears damaged by gunfire

    I immediately wondered how a pill would protect against being shot in the side of the head.