On this page, we share our project outputs and a list of further resources that might be helpful. If you would be happy to give us feedback on our resources, please complete our short survey here. We would love to hear from you!
Project resources
- 2023 Journal article (BRM, open access) Development of an adaptive test of musical scene analysis abilities for normal-hearing and hearing-impaired listeners
- 2023 Industry article Evaluating the impact of HAfM resources on practitioners and patients
- 2022 Book chapter Diverse music listening experiences: insights from HAfM project
- 2021 Industry article Clinical strategies for improving music listening
- 2021 Industry article Supporting music listening through cochlear implant services
- 2020 Journal article (IJA, open access) Music listening and hearing aids: perspectives from audiologists and their patients
- 2019 Stakeholder report: Findings and recommendations for hearing aid users, audiologists, manufacturers and researchers
- 2018 Leaflet for hearing aid users: Music listening with hearing aids
- 2018 Leaflet for audiologists: Music Counselling and Fitting A guide for audiologists
- 2018 Quick guide for audiologists in clinic: Starting out with a music program
- 2018 Online Glossary Glossary of terms for music listening with hearing aids
- 2017 Event: Hearing Aids For Music Conference
- 2016 Poster: Complexities of listening to music with hearing aids
- 2015 Poster: Initial findings from a clinic questionnaire
You can contact us on musicandhearingaids@leeds.ac.uk
Books
- Marshall Chasin (2022) “Music and Hearing Aids: A clinical approach – for clinicians working with hard-of-hearing musicians and music lovers
- Marshall Chasin (2010) “Hear the Music” (pdf) – Hearing loss prevention advice for musicians
- Making Music with a Hearing Loss: Strategies and Stories – for musicians with hearing loss, their audiologists and music teachers
- Hearing Loss in Musicians: Prevention and Management – Chasin (2009)
Websites and blogs
- our own project blog: Hearing Aids for Music blog
- An open letter to hard of hearing musicians by Marshall Chasin, and
A musician’s wish list for his hearing aids by Rick Ledbetter - Five differences between speech and music for hearing aids – Post by Marshall Chasin on Audiology Online, 2 Sep 2003
- How can you listen to music when you can’t really hear? – Post by Samantha Michaels on Mother Jones, 12 March 2016
- Finding a Community of Musicians with Hearing Loss – An Interview with Pianist Jennifer Castellano by Joanna M. Eng on Grand Piano Passion, 3 April 2017
- Tips for Cochlear Implant Recipients to Enjoy Music – by Donna Sorkin & Charles Limb (2021)
- The Musical Audio Frequency Spectrum – interactive guide to the frequency ranges of different instruments from the Independent Recording Network
Hearing aids and hearing protection
- Advice about hearing (Action on Hearing Loss)
- Hearing health advice and tips (Best Hearing Health)
- NHS advice on getting your hearing tested
- Demo of noise-induced hearing loss
- Demo of different levels of hearing loss with musical examples
- Action on Hearing Loss – leaflet (to download) on Life with hearing aids
- The Ear Foundation – If you have a hearing aid and aren’t using it
- Health and Safety Executive Myth-buster – Noise in music and entertainment sectors
- Sound Advice – noise at work in music and entertainment
- H.E.A.R. – Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers
- Choosing Headphones as a Hearing Aid wearer
Image resources
- Simple instrument pitch and frequency ranges – from Alexyo.Netcom
- Detailed instrument pitch and frequency ranges – from Charles Houghton-Webb and BW Music
- Pitch and frequency chart – from J. Wolfe at University of New South Wales
- Visualisation of the human audible range in speech and music – from Audiology Online
Music resources
- Deaf Rave – Organised By Deaf People For Deaf People
- Reading Festival 2017 BBC Newsbeat tweet – Eminem’s Lose Yourself
- Reading Festival interpretation highlights – Facebook video montage by Mark Mayer
- YouTube video – Research at Columbia Medicine about their work in engineering music to sound better with cochlear implants
Apps and Applications
From the manufacturers
- Advanced Bionics – Music Solution
- GN ReSound – Music devices
- Oticon – Wireless listening
- Phonak – Music listening
- Starkey – Muse hearing aids
Phone-based apps
- Adapt Sound – Use Samsung’s hidden hearing test to get drastically better sound quality from your Galaxy phone.
- AUD1 – A mobile app designed to intelligently modulate the loudness of the sonic environment for the hearing-impaired user.
- BioAid – The Biologically Inspired Hearing Aid. The app turns your iOS device into a hearing aid by processing sound from the microphone, then delivering the processed sound over headphones in real time.
- Petralex – lets your iPhone or iPad turn any headset into a Hearing Aid.
- Play It Down – put your hearing to the test with three fun features (dial up your age to hear how your music sounds to someone older than you; see who can detect the highest frequencies; measure the volume of everything).
- TV Louder – use this app with headphones to make the TV sound louder without turning the TV volume way up.
Computer-based applications
- More from Music – An Interactive Music Awareness Programme developed with adult cochlear implant (CI) users from the University of Southampton Auditory Implant Service and members of the UK National Cochlear Implant Users Association.
- Musiclarity – An interactive music rehabilitation application dedicated to improving the experience of listening to music for hearing aid users. Developed by Reactify, partners of the 3D Tune-In project (3D-games for TUNing and lEarnINg about hearing aids).
Online courses
- Open University – An introduction to music theory (free course)
- Open University – Sound for Music Technology (another free course)
Software development toolkits
- www.3d-tune-in.eu/toolkit-developers – A standard C++ library for audio spatialisation and simulation of hearing loss and hearing aids.
- www.openMHA.org – open Master Hearing Aid (openMHA) – an open community software platform for hearing aid research.
Useful links
- We have also created a separate page listing some further organisations relevant to the topics of music listening and hearing impairment.
Further suggestions
Please get in touch with us on musicandhearingaids@leeds.ac.uk if you have ideas you would like to share!
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