To kick off Season 5 of Talking Ears, we are taking a deep dive into a technical topic. This episode has a companion article available through this link.

Stage monitoring is complicated and difficult even in the best circumstances, but when the performer has hearing loss the barriers can compound and confound the situation. Herein, Juan and Frank will provide practical guidance for performers with hearing loss, as well as supporting knowledgeable audio engineers who are mixing monitors for an artist with hearing loss. In this first installment, we discuss:

• Sensorineural hearing loss
• How the audiogram can be interpreted and used to inform monitor mixing
• Using traditional mix management techniques to focus and simplify the mix for the musician with hearing loss

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