What is the best instrument for a musician with hearing loss? Part 1

What is the best instrument for a musician with hearing loss? Part 1

When it comes to choosing an instrument to learn, both children and adults with hearing loss should consider their hearing loss in the decision making process. A hearing loss will both affect how you hear that instrument, and potentially how quickly you can increase your playing ability, but also that the musician is at risk for further hearing loss due to noise exposure (just like any other musician, with or without hearing loss).

Today we will look at how to choose which instrument will work best with the individual’s hearing.

Please read the following article for a look at how to figure out which instrument is best for your hearing loss!

http://hearinghealthmatters.org/hearthemusic/2011/which-is-the-best-music-instrument-for-my-hard-of-hearing-child/

Stay tuned tomorrow for which instruments can contribute to further hearing loss, and how to avoid excessive noise exposure.