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How Hearing Aids Can Suit Musicians’ Needs
If you are a musician or you love listening to music, you know that hearing loss can be devastating. Music loses its fullness, high tones are lost, and music sounds thin. You can’t hear soft sounds, and if you turn up the volume to hear the soft sounds then loud sounds will be jarring. Not only is music appreciation lost, but your career may be in jeopardy as well.
Hearing loss among musicians is common, and you’re not alone in the struggle. Musicians are prone to hearing loss from loud concerts, performing in noisy venues, practicing or recording in small spaces, and not wearing hearing protection. Whether a rock drummer or a classical violinist, all musicians are at risk.
Musicians with Hearing Loss
Perhaps Beethoven is the most famous composer with hearing loss, and he’s a great example of how musicians always find ways to manage hearing loss, and never stop making music. Much of his music was composed when he was deaf and could only hear his music in his head or as vibrations through the floor. After one of his concerts, he lowered his arms after the final chord and couldn’t hear the thunderous applause from the audience behind him. He had to be turned around to see the audience, and take a bow.
Pete Townshend, lead guitarist and songwriter for the classic rock band The Who, is a more contemporary example. Townshend has hearing loss and tinnitus from years of exposure to loud music during rehearsals and intense performances where sound levels were through the roof. Now Townshend is more careful with his hearing, wears hearing aids, and uses custom fitted in-ear monitors when he performs. For studio recording, he uses studio systems that allow him to hear the high-frequency sounds.
Coping with Hearing Loss as a Musician
Despite hearing loss, musicians can still be very successful. Be open about your hearing loss, protect the hearing you have left, and get fitted for hearing aids. They’ll revolutionize how you make music. We’ve got you covered. Hearing aids can give you a whole new appreciation for music. Hearing technology has improved over the past few years, and hearing aids aren’t just about making sounds louder. They’re complex devices that balance sounds and give you rich hearing again.
As a musician, any old hearing aid won’t cut it. Most hearing aids have sophisticated programs designed for speech and conversation and don’t account for the everyday life of a musician. Ask us about hearing aids designed for music appreciation, with the programs to suit your needs. Hearing aids for musicians have sophisticated digital programs that balance musical sounds, add fullness to high sounds, and adjust volume levels so you can enjoy both the soft and loud sounds in context.
Program It the Way You Want It
Even different musicians have different needs. A lead guitarist in a rock group has different needs than a flute player in a symphony orchestra. Hearing technology is programmable to suit your needs so you’ll see significant improvements in how you hear music and are able to interact with your instrument. Boost lower frequencies if you are a bass player, and modify high sounds if you are a singer. Get full control over what you hear.
We’ll work with you to adjust programs and features. Almost like sitting with a sound engineer at the mixing desk, you’ll get the tonal clarity you want. Listen for the bassline or an inner harmony, or get swept up in the melody. Don’t get bogged trying to fill in the holes in your hearing, but hear the music in a way you thought you’d never be able to again.
