April 2016: HEARsmart contributes to Music Victoria’s new best practice guide for live music venues HEARsmart is proud to have been a valued contributor to the latest edition of Music Victoria‘s Live Music Best Practice Guide, released a couple of weeks
Brunswick Music Festival
March 2016: Brunswick Music Festival On the weekend, HEARsmart joined forces with Vicdeaf and had a spot at the Brunswick Music Festival – Sydney Road Street Party. The hot weather was a perfect match for the fiesta that delivered fantastic
Macquarie Uni Professor warns of the hearing loss risks associated with rock concerts
March 2016: Macquarie Uni Professor warns of the hearing loss risks associated with rock concerts This week, Macquarie University’s Professor of Hearing, Language and the Brain, and the Director of Hearing Research, David McAlpine (right) spoke to Alan Jones on
New study shows live music is good for your health and well being
March 2016: New study shows live music is good for your health and well being A new study released by Australia’s Live Music Office shows that both punters and venues believe that live music contributes to improving an individual’s health
PBS FM interview on hearing loss and music
Aug 2015: PBS FM interview on hearing loss and music Hear HEARing CRC PhD Student, musician and clinical audiologist Siobhan McGinnity give the low down on hearing loss to PBS FM’s Breakfast Spread as part of 2015 Hearing Awareness Week.
Musicians and hearing loss: how to reduce the risks
Aug 2015: Musicians and hearing loss: how to reduce the risks Hearing is important to everyone – it allows us to communicate and contributes directly to our quality of life. For professional musicians (members of an orchestra or band, music
Musicians for Hearing
Aug 2015: Musicians for Hearing The HEARsmart-sponsored Musicians for Hearing Gig held at the Gasometer Hotel on Sunday 23 August attracted a large crowd that came to see performances by local Melbourne music industry luminaries such as Fraser A Gorman,
Melbourne musician making a difference to Australia’s hearing health
Aug 2015: Melbourne musician making a difference to Australia’s hearing health Melbourne-based indie musician Siobhan McGinnity is applying her multiple talents to set up Musicians for Hearing to help improve the hearing health of the Melbourne music community. Siobhan is
Disconnections documentary now online
April 2015: Disconnections documentary now online A short documentary about Disconnections (an exclusive multimedia exhibit about the personal experience of having hearing loss) is now online. Disconnections was created by established media artist and academic Dr Trish Adams. It draws
Know Your Noise website gets the thumbs up from DJ Tech Tools
April 2015: Know Your Noise website gets the thumbs up from DJ Tech Tools Popular US-based website DJ Tech Tools, the place to go for news, information and resources for DJs and dance music producers, has written an interesting and