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First podcast helping musicians health & wellbeing

Posted on July 16, 2019 by - Blog, Homepage, Listen To Us

First podcast helping musicians health & wellbeing

Listen to the first Elevate Music podcast – an invaluable resource helping musicians to improve their health and wellbeing. (Series 1 – episode 1)

The Elevate Music podcast focuses on a range of different themes across 15 episodes, including mental and vocal health, hearing problems, stage fright, drugs and alcohol, social media and the challenge of touring and many more.

The series launches with an episode featuring host Lucy Heyman talking to Help Musicians’ Head of Health & Welfare – Joe Hastings, and Adam Ficek, a member of Babyshambles.

“When I was thrust into the music industry, it was amazing, I felt adrenalised, but I didn’t have the same business sense I have now,” said Ficek. “On reflection, the biggest transition was after the phone stops ringing. It’s a business, it’s an industry and it’s neither good nor bad.”

He added: “There needs to be more information and awareness, to help musicians be better prepared. A place for musicians to go”.

The project is the brainchild of industry researcher and CEO of Elevate Music, Lucy Heyman, who also presents the podcast.

“Studies have shown that pop musicians feel unsupported in their careers with health and wellbeing issues, so this  podcast is looking at the key topics that research tells us they need most help with,” she said.  “The podcast, along with the other services that Elevate Music provides, is initiating a much-needed crisis-prevention model within the industry to try and stop issues from impacting on musicians’ health in the future.”

Mark Glentworth – composer & performer

Posted on April 9, 2019 by - Homepage, Testimonials

I first noticed my hearing loss as a child but more significantly about 8 years ago.

I was always asking people to repeat themselves when in groups or in busy places and having to turn up the radio or TV.

 I found out about Harley Street Hearing through Help Musicians’ UK.

Wearing hearing aids has made a great difference as I can now hear everything and everyone. I can also turn them down in busy noisy places or when playing music.

My advice for anyone who is experiencing difficulties with their hearing is don’t be embarrassed about wearing hearing aids, they are discrete, and they will make such a difference to your life.

The team at Harley Street Hearing are amazing, very professional, I would highly recommend them.

Mark is a composer and performer and his recent new musical ‘seven and a half years’ is a true story of a man’s journey from success to despair and isolation back to a final rejuvenation, portrayed through the power of Music and Words. 

For details on Seven and a half years the musical click here

To contact Mark Glentworth click here

World’s first hearable with artificial intelligence

Posted on April 3, 2019 by - Blog, Homepage

World’s first hearable with artificial intelligence

LIVIO is the world’s very first hearable with Artificial Intelligence (AI).

This is a hearing aid within a class of its own.

This new technology is completely revolutionary. It features integrated sensors and AI (this means it performs tasks that normally require human intelligence).

It’s proven that hearing health is directly connected to overall health and well-being.  Meaning those who can hear can engage with the world around them and live healthier and better lives.  Early treatment for hearing loss can improve or limit cognitive decline and dementia.

Some of the unique features of LIVIO:-

  • Up to 30% improvement in speech understanding in noisy environments
  • Significant improvements in sharpness and clarity
  • Automatically and instantly adapts to the environment to optimise challenging situations
  • Built-in activity tracker – to support hearing health and fitness
  • Manages balance and spatial awareness
  • Detects if you fall and alerts your chosen contact

Want to be one of the first to trial LIVIO in the UK?

Call us to book the next available trial appointment on 020 7486 1053 or complete below

Risk of hearing loss warning

Posted on March 2, 2019 by - Homepage

Risk of hearing loss warning

Some 1.1 billion teenagers and young adults worldwide are at risk of hearing loss due to the unsafe use of personal audio devices, including smartphones, and exposure to damaging levels of sound at noisy entertainment venues such as nightclubs, bars and sporting events, according to the World Health Organisation.

Hearing loss has potentially devastating consequences for physical and mental health, education and employment.

To mark International Ear Care Day, March 3rd, WHO have launched the “Make Listening Safe” initiative to draw attention to the dangers of unsafe listening and promote safer practices.  For more details read WHO make listening safe

If you have any concerns, call us now for a hearing test and/or hearing protection.

At Musicians Hearing Services we specialise in all aspects of hearing to enhance your listening pleasure and communication in everyday life.  We’ve been serving the entertainment industry for 25 years, so, whether you want advice or impressions for in-ear monitors and musicians hearing protection; or hearing tests and advice on tinnitus or hearing loss call or complete below

Musicians Hearing Services now in the North West of England

Posted on May 26, 2015 by - Homepage

Musicians Hearing Services now in the North West of England

Jessica Jane Stafford (actress & tv star) officially opened our sister company North West Hearing and Musicians Hearing Services North in Cheadle.  Jessica Jane has been wearing Lyrics – the only “fit and forget” completely invisible hearing aid “for the past three years.

“Since having my baby I feel confident at night that I will hear him crying at night when I’m asleep. People shouldn’t be embarrassed about hearing loss, it is much more common than you think.  I’d recommend anyone who isn’t sure what to do to just call it really could change your life.”

If you live in the North West and need any advice on any hearing issues; our hearing healthcare experts will be delighted to help.  Call 0161 491 1943

Guests at the launch included Jessica Jane Stafford, local councillors and media.

Morris Stemp Musicians Union-North of England Regional Secretary, Geraldine Daly – North West Hearing Director & Founder of Musicians Hearing Services and Julian Munro – Orchestra Manager-Royal Liverpool Philharmonic attended the launch.

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Lyric is the only “fit and forget” completely invisible hearing aid which is only available at Lyric Centres – it is not available in any high street stores.

North West Hearing is the new sister company of Harley Street Hearing – London’s Leading Independent Hearing Clinics

It is now also incorporating Musicians Hearing Services North who have been serving the entertainment industries needs for hearing protection for 25 years.

University of Leeds – Hearing Aids for Music

Posted on June 3, 2015 by - Homepage

Hearing aids for music

University of Leeds – Hearing Aids for Music

Do you experience problems listening to music? Harley Street Hearing are pleased to support ‘Hearing Aids for Music’, a research project exploring how hearing aids affect the enjoyment and perception of music.

hearing aids for music

Exploring the music listening behaviour of people with hearing impairments

‘Hearing aids for music’ is a collaborative project between the University of Leeds and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust investigating how music listening experiences are affected by deafness, hearing impairments and the use of hearing aids.

The project is led by Music Psychologist, Dr Alinka Greasley, and Dr Harriet Crook, Lead Clinical Scientist for Complex Hearing Loss. The research has been awarded funding worth £247,295 from the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

Music is an important part of people’s lives and can have powerful physical, social, and emotional effects on individuals, including those with all levels of hearing impairment – even the profoundly deaf. The purpose of hearing aids is to amplify speech, and evidence suggests that many hearing aid users experience problems when listening to music, such as acoustic feedback, distortion and reduced tone quality.

It will be the first academic research project in which data from clinical audiology will be used alongside psychological data to systematically explore how hearing aids affect music listening, whether listening to a CD at home or going to a live symphony or rock concert.

The team aim to help audiologists discuss music listening issues with their patients and also benefit manufacturers of hearing aids by providing a basis for improved digital signal processing.

Improved access to music using hearing aids will benefit people of all ages, facilitating music education for deaf children and young people, music listening and performance in adulthood, and continued musical engagement into old age.

Harley Street Hearing & Musicians’ Hearing Services are pleased to support the team who are currently conducting a short clinic survey. To take part, please ask your audiologist at Harley Street Hearing for a music listening survey or email the team here

You can also find out more about the project here

Eric Hill – Playing and listening to music again

Posted on September 21, 2015 by - Testimonials

Playing and listening to music, especially the acoustic classical guitar, has been central to my life. After far too many years putting up with tinnitus, (a hissing radiator sound), and a habit of frequently asking people  to repeat words, I conquered my professional musician, psychological barriers to wearing hearing aids and sought help.

I first tried the NHS and discovered that the free hearing aids made violins in particular sound like chalk scraping on a blackboard.  A love of music was not made very important in the consultation; it was all about recognition of words.  I decided to “go private” and came to Paul Checkley at Musicians’ Hearing Services.

I was fitted with a pair of extremely discrete Widex hearing aids and I played my guitar and listened to orchestral and jazz music as part of the computer “tuning” of the aids. This was in addition to an exhaustive analysis of my response to words.

The result has been wonderful, particularly as I have learned to control them using the remote wireless volume control. At the start of orchestral concerts I establish the loudest part, (usually the brass section), and adjust to that. I love starting the day by putting BBC Radio 3 on and hearing the music come alive as I put the aids in place. Without them it sounds as if it’s been smothered in cotton wool! Thank you Paul and Musicians’ Hearing Services.

Eric Hill

Interested in hearing aids for musicians call 020 7486 1053 or complete below.