Acceptance of hearing aids

Hearing problems are widespread among professional musicians. According to studies, around a third of all orchestral musicians are affected by disorders such as hearing loss or tinnitus. A team led by Oldenburg hearing researcher Kai Siedenburg is now investigating how widespread hearing protection and hearing aids are among professionals, but also among members of amateur choirs and orchestras, and what attitudes musicians have towards the risk of hearing damage in a large-scale online study.

The researchers are conducting a survey in collaboration with the German Orchestra Association and the German Choral Association and want to conduct the first ever survey on questions relating to hearing health among musicians. The funding for the study comes from a Freigeist Fellowship from the Volkswagen Foundation, which supports Siedenburg's Music Perception and Processing research group in the Department of Medical Physics and Acoustics at the University of Oldenburg.

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http://uol.de/musik-wahrnehmung