"The times they are a changing"
Vivienne Michael, Chief Executive of Deafness Research UK looks at the current state of research into deafness.
Hear Here! Listen & Discuss
Hear Here! 'Beat the Clock'
How sharp is your listening? How quick is your musical memory? Play the Hear Here! 'Beat the Clock' game.
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The Scientist and The Musician
In this special podcast, Dame Evelyn Glennie, international percussionist and Prof. David McAlpine, Director of UCL Ear Institute, talk to Tom Hutchinson about listening means to them.
Lost in Transmission?
See Dr Paul Whittaker sign along to music of the Sistine Chapel sung by members of The Sixteen - Tuesday 11 November, 7pm, Southbank Centre, London, FREE ADMISSION
Tinnitus: a whistling and distorted nightmare
Richard Morrison, chief music critic of The Times, experiences when London sounded as if it was under water...
Let's Hear It For Silence
Paradoxical as it may seem, without an appreciation of silence there can be no proper appreciation of music. Prof. Stuart Sim advocates the importance of silence.
Music and the Deaf
How many of you have ever actually wondered about what music is, what it consists of, why it affects you as it does, and how you would describe it to someone who cannot hear it?
November's Featured Concert
The Hear Here! featured concert this November is the performance of Stravinksy's The Rite of Spring by the Philharmonia Orchestra.
Hear Here! Blogs
Read the latest views, comments, memories and thoughts about listening from leading musicians and cultural figures.
I like what I know!
Read through articles and interviews about how memory, familiarity, change and preconceptions influence the way we listen.
An outburst of the soul
Read through articles and interviews about the relationship between listening, music and emotion.
Concert Halls in our pockets
Read through articles and interviews about how recording technology influences the way we listen.
Are you sitting comfortably?
Read through articles and interviews about the concert experience.
Notes into Letters
Read through articles and interviews about how we describe listening in language.
I came to see your concert...
Read through articles and interviews about how vision impacts on our listening.
Surrounded by sound
Read through articles and interviews about how different environments impact on our listening.
A finely tuned organ
Read through articles about how the ear works, what sound is, and listen to compositions inspired by the workings of the ear.
Lend us your ears
Read articles about listening and try the music 'spot the difference' test!
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