Hearing Loss Helped Thru Music Therapy

Image courtesy of surasakiStock at  FreeDigitalPhotos.net   I have observed that musicians tend to cope with hearing loss much better than those without a music background, even if both have the same level of hearing loss on a hearing test. In particular, musicians with hearing loss tend to understand speech much better in noisy environments whereas non-musicians with hearing loss have trouble even with a hearing aid . I have also noticed that as one ages, understanding speech in noisy e…

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Hearing Loss Over Time

It is well-known that professional musicians have a higher risk of hearing loss and tinnitus compared to non-musicians. According to one study , the risk for musicians is 1.5x for hearing loss and nearly 4x for tinnitus. And although people understand that as you get older, hearing loss increases, what is less clear is how quickly hearing loss occurs over time. After analyzing over 3 million subjects , here is the graph of hearing loss with age. Intuitively, I thought there would have bee…

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