"There is a real lack of education out there about protecting your hearing and how it’s so easy to damage your ears": Over half of music lovers have experienced tinnitus or temporary hearing loss

Woman with loud music causing pain.

Musicians and music lovers everywhere: we need to get serious. About the most precious sense we have - our hearing.

That’s the message from a new survey conducted on behalf of the RNID (Royal National Institute for Deaf People). The poll of 2,000 people has shown that over half of people (58%) who have attended or plan to attend a music event in 2024 have experienced tinnitus or temporary hearing loss after listening to music. At 33%, a third said that they have experienced this more than once.