I sometimes feel there's enough fear warnings in our lives, we're women and we're all aware "don't go here, don't do that", we hear that all our lives.

We're all carefull out there. One thing we have not discussed here is our hearing.

There's a lot of press about Ipods and hearing such as:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4673584.stm

I'm here to tell you it's true.

I work on the phone all day, the customers I talk to are disabled, most hearing impaired. I like my job and most of my customers are lovely but they have no clue how loud they are. They don't hear themselves so I don't hear them either, right? Even with my phone turned down to the lowest setting, headset on the back of my head, I now wear earplugs...it's still loud enough that I know my hearing's been effected.

If you ever meet me, I'm not ignoring you it's possible I don't hear you. I love my job but I'm putting in for transfers.

Once it's gone gals, it's gone. Your hearing is a gift, protect it.

Protect your hearing.