Sound is an inseparable part of human life and provides us with lovely experiences such as listening to music. Musicians from classical orchestras to rock groups are exposed to high decibel of sounds. Musicians playing percussion musical instruments are exposed to high level of impact noise and players of Brass musical instruments are highly exposed to noise peaks higher than 100dB. Woodwind players are enduring the risk of posing directly in front of Brass players. Based on the above-mentioned risks for hearing loss clinical consideration of noise induced hearing loss in musicians is highly required.In the current study we were aimed at examining hearing stratus of classic and traditional musicians by means of pure tone audiometry in Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. 33 subjects were evaluated aged between 22 to 59 years old. Their musical experience was variable between 6 to 45 years.The study demonstrated that most of the musicians in this study suffered bilateral high frequency hearing loss with a notch in the frequency range of 4-8 KHz.

Background and Aim: Hearing sensitivity is so vital for musicians as loud music can cause hearing loss. The aim of this study was to assess hearing sensitivity of musicians in order to determine the effects of music exposure on hearing organ.
Materials and Methods: This case-control study  was conducted on 15 string musicians with musicianship history of more than 10 years and 15 normal hearing subjects. They all were male and 20-30 years old. TEOAEs and DPOAEs performed after otoscopy , immittance and pure tone audiometry in octave frequencies between 250 to 16000 Hz.
Results: There is not significant difference between pure tone thresholds of two groups for all frequencies.A significant difference of TEOAE is found between two groups for total response and amplituds of TEOAEs . DPOAEs amplituds are not significantly different between two groups .
Conclusion: Musicianship may  affect TEOAEs amplitudes , but cannot affect results of PTA and DPOAEs. Therefore this can be useful to detect cochlear lesions secondary to music exposure and also as a tool in hearing protection program.