AES New York 2015
Live Sound Track Event W1

Thursday, October 29, 9:00 am — 10:00 am (Room 1A14)

Workshop: W1 - Hearing Smart

Chair:
Kathy Peck, ED and Co-founder H.E.A.R. - San Francisco, CA, USA; co presenter-Center for the Artist at NY-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center - New York, NY, USA
Moderator:
Dan Beck, Trustee of The Music Performance Trust Fund - New York, NY, USA
Panelists:
Richard Einhorn, Einhorn Consulting, LLC - New York, NY, USA; Richard Einhorn Productions, Inc.
Marty Garcia, Future Sonics - Bristol, PA, USA
S. Benjamin Kanters, Columbia College - Chicago, IL, USA; Hear Tomorrow
Joseph Montano, Chief of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center - New York, NY, USA

Abstract:
(2015) WHO—World Health Organization—sites 1.1 billion people at risk of hearing loss a serious threat posed by exposure to recreational noise due to the unsafe use of personal audio devices and exposure to damaging levels of sound at noisy entertainment venues such as nightclubs, bars, and sporting events. (1989) Nonprofit H.E.A.R, Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers an early proponent with founding support of Pete Townshend of the Who launched worldwide grassroots initiatives. In efforts to unite the music industry and the hearing health/medical community, raise awareness and improve hearing conservation for performers, personnel, and consumers of music to insure its continued creation, performance, and enjoyment a panel of music and medical industry hearing conservation experts were brought together to discuss hearing education and prevention.


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