Music and Hearing Loss: What Works for Me
17-year-old musician Kyle McVea tells us what works for him when it comes to performing with hearing aids.
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Shields, Screens, and Baffles
Sandra Teglas examines the use of acoustic shields, screens and baffles to aid in hearing protection for musicians.
Hearing Aids Made for iPhone®
Jennifer Groth tell us how ReSound is using MFi (made for Apple) technology and the low energy feature of Bluetooth to provide direct connectivity between hearing aids and Apple devices.
The Use of a High Frequency Emphasis Microphone for Musicians
Marshall Chasin and Mark Schmidt tell us about the HF microphone as a low-tech solution for performing musicians and “ultra-audiophiles.”
A Hearing Aid Solution for Music
Marshall Chasin writes about how True Input technology from Widex is allowing musicians, and those who like to listen to music, to receive an amplified signal that is effectively distortion free.
An 8000-Hz Audiometric Notch with Music Exposure
Last week I saw a violinist with an 8000-Hz audiometric notch in her hearing test. This is not unheard of and I have observed this clinically before, especially with violin and also some piccolo players. Textbooks in audiology are fond of stating that any long-term damage from noise (and music) exposure tends to be restricted…
What do Spondees and Music (and Math) have in Common?
It is almost as if music has something in common with everything – psychology, physiology, acoustics, engineering, most areas of the arts, and now the lowly spondee. Recently I have been reading a book on combinatorial mathematics (don’t panic – the book is written for the lay audience and not meant to conjure up memories…
What is “Soft,” “Medium,” and “Loud” for Speech and Music?
Modern hearing aid technology has the capability to be responsive to varying levels of inputs. A hearing aid will generate significant amplification for soft level inputs, less amplification for medium level inputs, and sometimes no amplification for louder level inputs. Many people simply do not need a lot of hearing aid amplification for the louder…
Other People’s Ideas
For this issue, Calvin Staples’ selects some of the best music-themed blogs from HearingHealthMatters.org.
Programming Hearing Instruments to Make Live Music More Enjoyable
Neil Hockley et al., write that while concentrating clinical efforts on the perception of speech in many different environments, hearing healthcare providers may sometimes overlook other signals, such as music, that may be very meaningful to the patient.