HLAA Research Symposium 2023: Listening Safely to Music

How can you listen safely to music and protect your hearing?
Repeated music exposure can pose a problem for people of all ages, especially younger generations, with the ubiquity of “portable” audio technology. Despite the complexity of the human auditory system, it is not able to distinguish the difference between industrial sounds and music. Indeed, there are many factors of hearing damage that relate equally to the exposure of both music and industrial noise.
Panelist Marshall Chasin, Au.D., head of audiology, Musicians’ Clinics of Canada, presents an overview of those factors affecting hearing for musicians, as well as environmental strategies, some tricks and the most effective hearing protection to minimize the potential damaging effects of listening to music at home, through mobile devices or in concert venues.
This video from the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), is edited from a live Research Symposium presented on June 30, 2023 at its annual convention in New Orleans.
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Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute On Deafness And Other Communication Disorders of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R13DC017913. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.