

If you’re young or lucky enough to have no hearing damage, read this section a few times. Here, we’ll start with prevention - because that really is your best hope - and then we’ll talk just a little about dealing with it if you happen to have some damage (as many musicians do). Still, damage happens, and dealing with it powerfully is another key to staying in the business for a long time. Loud shows, loud mix rooms, loud everything, even sitting in the middle of an orchestra can be too loud for long term hearing health.īut to be effective as a professional in this industry for a long time, maintaining great hearing is job one. There’s no question that audio professionals and musicians alike are at risk for hearing damage.

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