When wearing earplugs earns a reprimand from a master teacher, two high school classical musicians decide it’s time to change the conversation about the risk of hearing loss among their peers. 

Which noises should we be aware of this holiday season?

A practical reference, not a lecture, from a music industry professional on how to protect our first instrument: our hearing.

The next step in this field is the use of powerful modern sequencing technology in order to map gene activity and gene regulation during hair cell regeneration in fish and birds as well as in mammalian balance organs.