Here are the references for the Winter 2026 issue of Hearing Health.
“You Would Be Better Off Not Playing,” page 8:
Crossley, Neil. “The Importance of Hearing Damage Prevention in Musicians’ Work.” Musicians’ Union, Feb. 18, 2023.
Dinakaran, Tychicus; Ruth, Deborah D.; RejoyThadathil, Chitra. “Awareness of musicians on ear protection and tinnitus: A preliminary study.” Audiology Research, May 23, 2018.
Firle, Carl; Richter, Antonia Helen. “A scoping review of the prevalence of musicians’ hearing loss.” Frontiers in Public Health, Feb. 13, 2025.
Schmidt, Jesper Hvass; Paarup, Helene M.; Bælum, Jesper. “Tinnitus Severity Is Related to the Sound Exposure of Symphony Orchestra Musicians Independently of Hearing Impairment.” Ear & Hearing, Dec. 28, 2018.
“Early Exposure to Healthy Habits Matters,” page 12:
Quiet Communities. “QC Close-Up: Protecting Hearing Health.” YouTube, Nov. 17, 2025.
World Health Organization (WHO). 1.1 billion people at risk of hearing loss. March 10, 2015.
WHO. Deafness and hearing loss. Feb. 25, 2025.
WHO. Make Listening Safe.
“Safe Sound Science,” page 14:
Balk, Sophie J.; Bochner, Rebekah E.; Ramdhanie, Mahima A.; Reilly, Brian K. “Preventing Excessive Noise Exposure in Infants, Children, and Adolescents.” Pediatrics, November 2023.
Fink, Daniel; Mayes, Jan. “Unsafe at any sound: hearing loss and tinnitus in personal audio system users.” Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, Aug. 31, 2021.
LaGrave, Katherine. “The God of Silence Speaks Up.” AFAR, September 8, 2020.
Mayes, Jan L. “Quiet, Please.” Hearing Health, Spring 2022.
Mayes, Jan L. “Toddlers should fear some loud sounds.” Quiet Coalition, Dec. 9, 2021.
Schreier, Abi Berwager. “Here’s When You Should Be Concerned About Your Child’s Fear Of Sounds.” Romper, Sep. 17, 2021; updated Feb. 20, 2024.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. “Information on Levels of Environmental Noise Requisite to Protect Public Health and Welfare with an Adequate Margin of Safety.” March 1974.
WHO. Environmental noise guidelines for the European Region. WHO Regional Office for Europe, Jan. 1, 2018.
WHO. Night noise guidelines for Europe. WHO Regional Office for Europe, 2009.
WHO. Guidelines for community noise. Feb. 10, 1999.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Preventing Noise-Induced Hearing Loss. May 15, 2024.
CDC. Teen Newsletter: Noise-Induced Hearing Loss. November 2022.
Johns Hopkins Medicine. Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Children.
“Recent Research by Hearing Health Foundation Scientists, Explained,” page 39:
Fabrizio-Stover, Emily M.; Dias, James W.; McClaskey, Carolyn M.; Harris, Kelly C. “Age-related auditory nerve deficits propagate central gain throughout the auditory system: Associations with cortical microstructure and speech recognition.” Neurobiology of Aging, Nov. 3, 2025.
Guan, Xiying. “A mechanical lumped-element model of the human middle ear for bone conduction hearing.” Scientific Reports, July 28, 2025.
Sandler, Jeremy E., et al. “prdm1a drives a fate switch between hair cells of different mechanosensory organs.” Nature Communications, Aug. 18, 2025.
Swiderski, Donald L.; Wilson, Lindsey M.Q.; Raphael, Yehoash. “The Field of Hair Cell Regeneration Is Ready for Input from Genomics and Epigenetics.” Annual Review of Genetics, 2025.
