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>Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 16:40:24 -0400
>From: Mark <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum     <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: #5614 Headset health issues?
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> >Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 12:31:10 -0400
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> >From: "Jose C. Rodriguez" <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: Headset health issues?
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> ....I am considering supplying
> headphones/headsets for each computer for this Fall. I have been told
> that there are health issues in sharing headsets....

Sir:

You can try this. Goto this website
http://www.markertek.com/MTStore/Store.cfm
and check out the Odyssey Multimedia Headphones, by  Telex. We have them,
and they are durable and easy to clean.
Once installed, outfit a couple of student workers each with a box of
Kimwipes (paper towels) and spray bottle of Windex, and send them through
the room spraying and cleaning the earpieces. I suggest spraying the
Windex on the towel, rather than directly onto the earpiece.
We do this cleaning job once a week, and as a result have to date had no
one drop dead in the lab from dirty headphone toxic shock.

Mark Sanford
Yale Language Lab