Hearing Health & Technology Matters Music to your ears: hearing aids, music, and musicians Edited by Marshall Chasin, AuD The new e-Book series from Hearing Health & Technology Matters, LLC, organizes topics culled from the thousands of articles at HearingHealthMatters.org. The books have two purposes: 1) To allow our readers easy access to all relevant content written about a specific topic; 2) To archive our Internet content for future access. The first e-book in the series is “The Big Fat PSAP Book,” which debuts in the midst of intense social policy discussion about hearing device availability in the US. It is a large book, reflecting the depth and degree of discussion among many stakeholders in the debate. The second e-book in the series is “HearUSA,” is a shorter book that details one colorful and fascinating path taken in the history of hearing aids in the US. It debuted in July, 2016. E-books are available for purchase on the HHTM homepage. If you enjoy these e-books, please look for others on selected topics which will join the series e-Books as we have time to put them together. In the process, we welcome suggestions for categories and topics from our readers. Sincerely, Holly Hosford-Dunn, Ph.D., Wayne J. Staab, Ph.D., Hearing Health & Technology Matters, LLC [email protected] The information contained in this eBook, published by Hearing Health & Technology Matters (HHTM), is provided with no endorsements of organizations, policies, or products. This eBook is an archival compilation of posts from our Internet site, HearingHealthMatters.org. The material is as originally published and organized into Sections to facilitate reading. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily state or reflect those of Hearing Health & Technology Matters, LLC. Music to your Ears: hearing aids, music, and musicians Marshall Chasin Robert Traynor Gael Hannan Jane Madell Wayne Staab Patricia Johnson Joe Smaldino Katherine Bouton Tony Laviola and the Editors at HHTM copyright Hearing Health & Technology Matters, LLC ISBN 978-1-881148-21-0 9.99 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016920541 HearingHealthMatters.org About the Authors Marshall Chasin, AuD, is Editor of Hear the Music at HearingHealthMatters.org. After a B.Sc. in mathematics, and graduate work in Linguistics at the University of Toronto, he obtained a M.Sc. in Audiology at the University of British Columbia in 1981, and his AuD in 2003 from the Arizona School of Health Sciences. He has been the Director of Research at the Musicians’ Clinics of Canada since the mid-1980s and has presented nationally and internationally on hearing loss prevention in musicians, and fitting hearing aids on musicians. Marshall has written extensively, and has written or edited six books- three of which are on musicians and the prevention of hearing loss. He has received many awards over the years, including awards from the Audiology Foundation of America, the Canadian Academy of Audiology, and from Queen Elizabeth II in honor of her Silver Diamond Jubilee for volunteer activities for the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. Marshall also writes a monthly column for Hearing Review called Back to Basics and is the editor in chief of Canadian Audiology. He is an adjunct professor of Linguistics at the University of Toronto, an honorary associate professor at Western University, and a research associate at the State University of New York- Buffalo. Robert M. Traynor, EdD, MBA is Editor of Hearing International at HearingHealthMatters.org. He is the CEO and practicing audiologist at Audiology Associates, Inc., in Greeley, Colorado with emphasis in amplification and operative monitoring, offering all general audiological services to patients of all ages. Dr. Traynor holds degrees from the University of Northern Colorado (BA, 1972, MA 1973, Ed.D., 1975), the University of Phoenix (MBA, 2006) as well as post-Doctoral Study in Audiology at Northwestern University (1984). He taught Audiology at the University of Northern Colorado (1973-1982), University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (1976-77) and Colorado State University (1982-1993). He is a retired Lt. Colonel from the US Army Reserve Medical Service Corps and currently serves as an Adjunct Professor of Audiology at the University of Florida, the University of Colorado, and the University of Northern Colorado. For 17 years he was Senior International Audiology Consultant to a major hearing instrument manufacturer traveling all over the world providing academic audiological and product orientation for distributors and staff. In 2014 he was the recipient of the lifetime achievement award from the Colorado Academy of Audiology. He is the 2017 Chair of the American Board of Audiology coauthor of Strategic Practice Management, now in preparation of a 3rd Edition. A clinician, consultant, and practice manager for over 35 years, Dr. Traynor has lectured on most aspects of the field of Audiology in over 40 countries. Gael Hannan has a severe to profound hearing loss, and has used hearing aids for 40 years and will soon receive a cochlear implant. In addition to her weekly blog for HearingHealthMatters.org, she writes for journals such as Canadian Audiologist and Hearing Loss magazine and recently published the book The Way I Hear It: A Life with Hearing Loss. She is a renowned advocate and public speakerwhose humorous and insightful presentations help consumers, hearing professionals and university students gain a deeper understanding of the needs of people affected by hearing and the strategies that help solve them. Jane Madell, PhD, has a consulting practice in pediatric audiology. She is a audiologist, speech-language pathologist, and LSLS auditory verbal therapist, with degrees from Emerson College (BA) and University of Wisconsin (MA, PhD). Her 45+ years’ experience ranges from Deaf Nursery programs to positions at the League for the Hard of Hearing (Director), Long Island College Hospital, Downstate Medical Center, Beth Israel Medical Center/New York Eye and Ear Infirmary as director of the Hearing and Learning Center and Cochlear Implant Center. Teaching: She has taught at the University of Tennessee, Columbia University, Downstate Medical School, and Albert Einstein Medical School, published 6 books, and written numerous books chapters and journal articles, and is a well-known international lecturer. Jane’s clinical and research interests cover the gamut of evaluation and treatment for infants and children with hearing loss and auditory processing disorders. Wayne Staab, PhD, is Editor-in-Chief of HearingHealthMatters.org. He is an internationally recognized authority in hearing aids. As President of Dr. Wayne J. Staab and Associates, he is engaged in consulting, research, development, manufacturing, education, and marketing projects related to hearing. His professional career has included University teaching, hearing clinic work, hearing aid company management and sales, and extensive work with engineering in developing and bringing new technology and products to the discipline of hearing. This varied background allows him to couple manufacturing and business with the science of acoustics to bring innovative developments and insights to our discipline. Dr. Staab has authored numerous books, chapters, and articles related to hearing aids and their fitting, and is an internationally-requested presenter. He is a past President and past Executive Director of the American Auditory Society, a retired Fellow of the International Collegium of Rehabilitative Audiology, and Adjunct Faculty at Arizona State University. Patricia Johnson, AuD, is director of Audiology at Etymotic Research, Inc., where for the past 20 years she has participated in research, written technical articles and blogs about Etymotic products, served as a technical resource for product inquiries, provided education to audiologists and audiology students, and managed development of audiology products. Dr. Johnson received her Master’s Degree in Audiology from the University of Iowa and her Audiology Doctorate from Salus University. Her professional experience also includes pediatric and educational audiology, industrial hearing conservation, university teaching and private practice. Joseph Smaldino, PhD, received his doctorate in audiology from the University of Florida, is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Northern Iowa and Illinois State University, and is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. His research areas are hearing aids, speech perception and audiologic rehabilitation, but he has focused for the last 20 years on the effects of classroom acoustics on listening and learning. He served on the American National Standards Working groups that developed and subsequently revised a national classroom acoustic standard and has published extensively in the area and is a long-standing advocate for desirable classroom acoustics and acoustic accessibility. He has served as the Editor of Volta Review; one of the oldest research journals in the area of hearing. He won a distinguished scholar award, has been a Fulbright Research Scholar in Poland, received the Larry Mauldin Award for contributions to the field, the Educational Audiology Association Fred Berg Award and a AAA Presidents Award. Katherine Bouton is the author of “Shouting Won’t Help: Why I — and 50 Million Other Americans — Can’t Hear You,” which has just been reissued in paperback with a new introduction. She speaks and writes as an advocate for those with hearing loss,