Do you think rockers or classical musicians are more likely to get noise-induced hearing loss and related tinnitus? According to an audiologist at Baylor College of Medicine, it’s classical musicians who may be most at risk.
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In February letters to the Hearing Review editor, Mead Killion and Elliott Berger comment on some statements made by authors Kris Chesky and Amyn M. Amlani in their January 2016 HR article titled “UNT Develops New Approach for Assessing Musicians Earplugs.”
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Authors Chesky and Amlani respond to a recent critique of their data by Killion and Haapapuro in the November 2015 Hearing Review, and provide support for their assertions that musicians earplugs lack “flatness” in frequency attenuation.
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Melbourne-based indie musician and research audiologist Siobhan McGinnity has set up the Musicians for Hearing charity to help improve the hearing health of the Melbourne music community, and to raise awareness of noise-induced hearing loss.
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Adult musicians with hearing loss may be interested in some of the opportunities provided by the Association of Adult Musicians with Hearing Loss (AAMHL), a nonprofit organization based in Rockville, MD.
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The Association of Adult Musicians with Hearing Loss (AAMHL) has announced its inaugural conference scheduled for May 29-30, 2015 in Washington DC.
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August Hearing Review author Larry Revit responds to a recent letter to the editor from film composer Jeff Rona about how to provide a cost-effective means for configuring off-the-shelf audio equipment to provide hearing-impaired musicians with a high-fidelity listening environment.
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American film composer Jeff Rona comments on Richard Einhorn’s recent article in Hearing Review and proposes some more economical options for hearing-impaired musicians who need to hear the subtle nuances of their instrument in order to get the most out of their performances.
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Larry Revit, MA, a performing musician, sound engineer, and audiologist, reports on an audio system built around a unique wide-band, high-fidelity in-ear-monitor system that has binaural microphones imbedded in the earpieces.
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High-fidelity hearing protectors preserve the sound quality of music and voices, and are the best choice for most musicians’ hearing protection needs.
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Musicians can be a hearing care professional’s worst nightmare and, on occasion, their greatest teacher. The Hearing Review’s August edition guest editors Douglas Beck, AuD, & Marshall Chasin, AuD, provide an overview of this fascinating and challenging area of hearing healthcare.
Read MoreProfessional musicians are almost 4 times as likely to develop noise induced hearing loss as the general public and are 57% more likely to develop tinnitus, says research.
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Researchers in the voice, speech, and language branch of NIDCD at the National Institutes of Health have used functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study the brain activity of rappers when they are “freestyling”—spontaneously improvising.
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Evidence suggests that collegiate musicians need and benefit from a structured educational seminar on hearing conservation and the use of hearing protection devices (HPDs).
Read MoreEtymotic Research has released MusicPRO earplugs, designed for musicians who desire hearing protection during performances while avoiding the inconvenience of removing earplugs to hear communications at safe sound levels.
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