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Sunday, May 21, 08:30 — 10:30

T7 - HEARING LOSS—CAUSES, PREVENTIVE MEASURES AND EFFECTS ON SOUND PROFESSIONALS AND THE AUDIENCE

Presenters:
Jan Voetmann, DELTA - Hoersholm, Denmark
Dorte Hammershoi, Aalborg University - Aalborg, Denmark
Kim Kahari, The National Institute for Working Life - Gothenburg, Sweden
Anne-Mette Mohr, The Interdisciplinay Healthclinic - Copenhagen, Denmark

Abstract:
Hearing Loss seems to be of growing concern in the event industry. Powerful low distortion sound systems and personal portable sound devices make it easy to inflict a noise dose on people big enough to render a temporary or permanent hearing loss and/or tinnitus. Such a hearing loss is a serious handicap, which cannot be cured. This tutorial will explain some of the basics about hearing; difficulties in getting adequate measures of "music noise"; tinnitus and how to cope with it; and experiments with new discotheques designed with good acoustics in order to reduce the risk of getting hearing loss.

   
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