What to Tell Audio Engineers About Equalizations for Their Hearing Loss
For audio engineers and musicians who have high-frequency hearing loss, it's not enough to simply boost frequencies to match their audiogram.
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Platform Protects Musicians’ Hearing with Real-time Data
Sottovoce has developed a real-time performance management platform to help orchestras monitor and reduce musicians’ noise exposure, promoting safer, more sustainable hearing health practices across the performing arts industry.
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Gamers Risk Hearing Loss But Are Open to Safe Listening Features
Over 75% of video gamers regularly engage in activities harmful to their hearing, according to results of a new poll.
Addressing Music and Stress
Stress is a multi-faceted phenomenon and has wide-spread effects on the human body, including our auditory function.
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Helping Cochlear Implant Recipients Improve Their Relationship with Music
Patients with cochlear implants can have success with music, but it requires a lot of work on the part of the hearing care professional.
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Why Irreversible Hearing Loss or Tinnitus is a Risk for Gamers
Video gamers worldwide may be risking irreversible hearing loss and/or tinnitus, according to a systematic review of the available evidence.
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Hearing Aid Frequency Response Characteristics for Music
While many musical instruments are similar to the speech spectrum some, such as percussion instruments, can be quite different.
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Hearing SoundTracks, Musical Roads, and Pathways
Musical roads and pathways use the underlying science of sound, hearing, and music to create experiences that communicate the wonders and joys of sound in our world.
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Sensaphonics dB Check Pro Now Available for Music Professionals
The all-new dB Check Pro in-ear sound level analyzer from Sensaphonics measures how long a music professional can safely listen to in-ear monitors, with both earpieces in place.
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Why Hard-of-Hearing Music Fans Prefer a Different Sound
Researchers studied the impact of hearing loss on subjects’ enjoyment of music by playing different music mixes to those with hearing loss.
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What We Still Don’t Know About Music and Hearing Aids
Ten small studies about music and hearing aids that can fill important gaps in our knowledge and be done for fun and profit.
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ACI Alliance Interviews Voice of Lead Character In ‘El Deafo’
The American Cochlear Implant Alliance (ACI Alliance) published the story of Lexi Finigan, a cochlear implant recipient who voiced the title character in the 2022 streaming series “El Deafo.”
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WHO Releases New Safe Listening Standard
The Global Standard for Safe Listening at Venues and Events highlights six recommendations for implementation to ensure that venues and events limit the risk of hearing loss to their patrons while preserving high-quality sound and an enjoyable listening experience.
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AARP Article Details Noise Level of Popular Activities
Research shows that prolonged exposure to loud noise exceeding 85 dB can degrade hearing over time, and can occur in places that you might not expect, according to an article on the AARP website.
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ASHA Issues Hearing Protection Advice for July 4th
A single loud blast or explosion that lasts for less than 1 second can cause permanent hearing loss right away. This noise, called impulse noise or impact noise, can come from sources such as fireworks or gunfire.
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HHF Launches ‘Keep Listening’ Campaign
Hearing Health Foundation (HHF) announced that it is launching a public health ad campaign on June 22 that will greet transit commuters in New York, San Francisco, and Chicago to drive the message—especially to young people—that playing music too loud on personal listening devices can permanently damage their hearing.
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Tips for ‘Retraining’ the Brain For Musicians
After over a year away from typical concert volume levels, the hearing of band members and sound engineers has “adjusted to a controlled listening lifestyle.” This means that “getting the band back together” will require some extra care when it comes to the ears.
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Feast, Famine, and Financing: Building a Music-Focused Practice
The music business can be a feast-or-famine endeavor, with gigs waning for a variety of reasons, including the effects of the global pandemic. But regardless of their economic situation, musicians need hearing care (enhancement or protection) in good times and bad.
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