Musicians hear worse in old age than non-musicians
A team led by Bremen social medicine specialist Wolfgang Ahrens has counted millions of sickness reports from insurance companies and has come to the conclusion that musicians suffer more than average from noise-induced hearing loss.
According to the team, the risk for musicians is 3.51 times higher than for the average person. Around three million reports were taken into account. Among those affected, 0.07 percent were professional musicians, a total of 2227 people.
It is the largest survey ever conducted on the subject. It makes it clear that the risks of musicians suffering from hearing loss or tinnitus are far higher than previously assumed.
Original article:
oem.bmj.com/content/early/2014/03/28/oemed-2014-102172.abstract?sid=71fe1a7f-873b-4abb-ab1c-a38473cc34b4
