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TierFlyer Oct 2, 2006 3:55 pm
Bleeding Ears on Continental?
 
Ok, couldn't find this on search: Inflight film made her ears really pop.
There was a lot of static and all of a sudden there was one huge 'Bang!'" Saunders told the Daily News. "I threw [the headphones] off and screamed. My ears started to bleed. It blew out everyone's headsets in my row.
Yikes!

Daily News, so take it with a grain of salt.

Loren Pechtel Oct 3, 2006 9:33 am
Originally Posted by TierFlyer
Ok, couldn't find this on search: Inflight film made her ears really pop.
There was a lot of static and all of a sudden there was one huge 'Bang!'" Saunders told the Daily News. "I threw [the headphones] off and screamed. My ears started to bleed. It blew out everyone's headsets in my row.
Yikes!

Daily News, so take it with a grain of salt.
I can't imagine headphones having the power to blow eardrums no matter what energy comes down the wire. The speaker itself will die first.

Xyzzy Oct 3, 2006 10:19 am
Saunders had suffered some hearing loss about 20 years ago due to meningitis. She was not wearing her hearing aids at the time of the airplane incident.

But her lawyer, Michael Mossberg, said her hearing has deteriorated so much that she needs more powerful hearing aids, which cost $9,000.

Her hearing loss has affected not only her work as a real estate agent and the operator of a cooking school, but her personal life, as well. "People tell me I shout at them. And when I watch television, for my family it is a nightmare because I have it so loud," she said.
She's suing -- what a surprise. What BS. :td:

Travellin' Fool Oct 3, 2006 10:32 am
Originally Posted by xyzzy
She's suing -- what a surprise. What BS. :td:
She already had hearing loss? And she wasn't wearing hearing aides during the incident? Crock of sh!t if you ask me.

Cholula Oct 3, 2006 10:38 am
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