Karl Engel wrote:

Is it fair to say that skydivers may well have severely compromised LF
hearing? It's been a long time, but from memory typical jumps give 1-1.5
mins freefall at a time, maybe 3-4 times a day, one or two days a week.
This mightn't be enough to do anything permanent - maybe cumulatively
though.

HOPEFULLY they are wearing hearing protection, both ear plugs and the
proection integral to their helmet.

Note that spending an hour or so in the back of a C-130 is probably worse
for your hearing than the actual jump, but this isn't saying much.
--scott


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