referee hearing protection

Todd Haverkos

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Jul 2, 2002, 6:10:46 PM7/2/02

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In the July edition of the Official Word (a joint publication of USA
Volleyball Officials' Division and the Professional Association of
Volleyball Officials), there was an excellent article highlighting Jim
Olson's work on hearing safety for volleyball officials.

For those who don't officiate often in loud gyms and with pealess
whistles, this may seem like a very silly thing, but from personal
experience, a day of using pealess whistles in a concrete gym with 2
whistles for every play certainly adds up. Jim's work quantifies
this. I just received the July edition of the Official Word in the
mail, and I trust it will soon be posted to:
http://www.usavolleyball.org/officiat/word.htm

In short, the message is "whistles are dangerously loud when your ears
are 6 inches from the whistle, protect yourself - use earplugs,
especially if you work multiple matches in a week."

To address those officials who might not care for the look of
traditional earplugs, I put the following article together discussing
a "best of both worlds" custom alternative to traditional plugs:

http://www.vbref.org/ear/

Feel free to share this with anyone who would benefit.

Best Regards,
--
Todd Haverkos t...@vbref.org
USA Volleyball National Referee
http://www.vbref.org/

Scott Taylor

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Jul 2, 2002, 11:57:16 PM7/2/02

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I think an easier solution would be to sue Ron Foxcroft
for any hearing loss that might eventually occur.

I know *my* wife would be happy about that. :^)

Although, I must say, wearing earplugs while on the
coaches side of the court in basketball DOES have
its merits.

-- Scott

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Layne Graham

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Jul 10, 2002, 5:27:44 PM7/10/02

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Todd wrote:

Silly me! All this time, I've thought that USAV officials were already
wearing special earplugs that pass through the voices of FIVB leaders while
simultaneously screening out the cries of the general volleyball public.

--
Layne

Todd Haverkos

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Jul 10, 2002, 5:27:21 PM7/10/02

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Layne Graham <layne....@bigfoot.com> writes:
> Todd wrote:
>
> > From: Todd Haverkos <t...@vbref.org>
> > Newsgroups: rec.sport.volleyball,rec.sport.officiating
> > Date: 02 Jul 2002 17:10:46 -0500
> > Subject: referee hearing protection
> >

> > http://www.vbref.org/ear/
> >
> > Feel free to share this with anyone who would benefit.
>
> Silly me! All this time, I've thought that USAV officials were
> already wearing special earplugs that pass through the voices of
> FIVB leaders while simultaneously screening out the cries of the
> general volleyball public.

[click] 7days 23hours.

Wow--took longer than I thought. And wasn't the poster I predicted
either.

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Todd Haverkos t...@vbref.org
http://www.vbref.org/

Layne Graham

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Jul 12, 2002, 8:07:26 AM7/12/02

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Todd wrote:

> [click] 7days 23hours.
>
> Wow--took longer than I thought. And wasn't the poster I predicted
> either.

I've likewise tried to clock Todd's response times to posts about rule
technicalities, but unfortunately, my stopwatch isn't calibrated in
nanoseconds.

--
Layne