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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Study Finds AAL Amadeus Hearing Aids Preferred for Music
In a clinical study, Absolute Audio Labs’ (AAL) Amadeus RiC Hearing Aids were found to be the preferred hearing aid for music streaming.
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Annual HLAA Convention Research Symposium Explores Music and Hearing Loss
The 29th annual HLAA 2023 Convention Research Symposium, titled “Joy of Music/Loving Your Ears,” will feature four speakers discussing music enjoyment, hearing loss prevention, research on music perception, and being a musician with hearing loss.
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Listen Everywhere Helps Student Participate in Musical Theater
Listen Technologies Corporation announced that Listen EVERYWHERE has helped a high school student with hearing loss participate more fully in his school’s musical theater production of “Anastasia.”
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Musicians and SARS-CoV-2 Transmission
The latest research from the labs of Penn scientists Paulo Arratia and Douglas Jerolmack was an answer to “a call for help,” says Arratia. It was 2020, and the Philadelphia Orchestra, like so many cultural institutions, had suspended performances due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Uptempo Music May Inspire ‘Well-meaning’ Consumers to Make Purchases
Companies selling ethical and sustainable products should use uptempo major mode music in their marketing to help well-meaning consumers convert their good intentions into actual purchases, new research from the University of Bath shows.
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Bionic Ear Lab Improves Music Listening for Cochlear Implants
Dr Raymond Goldsworthy, head of the Bionic Ear Lab in the USC Caruso Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, understands the importance of music listening. He lost his hearing at the age of thirteen, just as he was beginning to learn the drums. Like every teenager, he was just beginning his journey into the seemingly limitless world of music, when a bout with spinal meningitis and the ensuing treatment damaged his hearing.
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Research Shows Role Empathy Plays in Music
Can people who show empathy better interpret emotions conveyed through music? A new study by an international team of researchers suggests the abilities are linked.
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How Do Humans Perceive Music, Sounds?
When we hear a song that we already know, we can identify it even if it is not an exact version of the original. If it sounds higher or lower, faster or slower, or if the instruments are different from the known version, humans can identify it even if there are these superficial changes to the melody.
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Is Music a Universal Language?
Are we all imagining the same thing when we listen to music, or are our experiences hopelessly subjective? In other words, is music a truly universal language? To investigate those questions, an international team of researchers (including a classical pianist, a rock drummer, and a concert bassist) asked hundreds of people what stories they imagined when listening to instrumental music.
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Loud Live Music Versus Loud Recorded Music
During this time of Covid, we haven’t been able to attend live concerts, symphonies, or opera events. While musicians are just now beginning to perform live for the first time in months, if not years, the question arises about the dynamics (loud/soft features) of loud music.
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Plural Publishing Releases ‘Music and Hearing Aids’
“Music and Hearing Aids: A Clinical Approach” by Marshall Chasin, AuD, is a book written for hearing health care professionals working with hard-of-hearing musicians and music lovers.
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