Health and Hearing Information

Listed below are links to documents and advisories developed by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) and the Performing Arts Medicine Association (PAMA). This information serves as an overview of hearing health issues for administrators, faculty and students of postsecondary schools and departments of music. Medical information is provided by PAMA; data regarding contextual issues in music programs, by NASM.

NASM-PAMA Advisories on Hearing Health

Basic Information on Hearing Health

Tool Kit Resources include:

• Basic information on hearing health
• Music student orientation guides and samples
• Student information sheets
  • Protecting Your Hearing Health: Student Information Sheet on Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

Additional Resources

Etymotic Research Reference Library

• The Hearing Review: Hearing Protection for Musicians by Patty Niquette, MA
• Importance of Hearing Protection

Action on Hearing Loss

• Protecting Your Hearing

Musculoskeletal Health

• Musicians and Musculoskeletal Injuries
• Preventing Musculoskeletal Injury for Musicians and Dancers

Vocal Health

• The Singers Resource
• Boston Singers' Resource on Vocal Health

Campus Health Center

• Magers Health and Wellness Center