Etymotic Education - In Tune Monthly

In Tune now offers hearing protection products and hearing health education materials so you can
Hear For A Lifetime!

Etymotic Education seeks to advocate, and provide materials for, hearing health as an element of the scholastic music curriculum. The World Health Organization forecasts that over 17 billion young people around the world today will eventually suffer from noise-induced hearing loss, which is progressive, cumulative and irreversible.

Music educators have a unique opportunity to help students guard against this debilitating outcome of lives spent using headphones and earphones and in general being subjected to dangerously loud sound. The goal is to create a generation of young musicians and music educators whose hearing and enjoyment of music will not be affected by hearing loss or tinnitus.

Products

ETY•Plugs

Reduces the potential for hearing damage from loud music, machinery, vehicles, tools and sporting events.

ER20XS

Same hearing protection as ETY•Plugs with new, low-profile design. Fits snugly in the ear without protruding; comfortable to wear under hats, helmets and other headgear.

MusicPro Earplugs

Electronic, adaptive noise-reduction earplugs automatically adjust to changing sound levels. The ultimate in hearing protection. Designed for musicians who want to hear naturally, and want to avoid the inconvenience of removing earplugs to hear.

Frequently Asked Questions

Testimonials

“I’m going to be around music my whole life and I would hate to have my career end because I can’t hear anymore.”

Joe Kulick, Music Education Major
Cavaliers Drum & Bugle Corps

“Nobody mentioned to us that my son needed hearing protection. What was really shocking to me was that it’s not just the percussion, it’s all the instruments.”

Kathleen Kulick
Parent of a Student Musician

“As a band director, I feel it is part of our job to promote healthy life choices and healthy lifestyles in their teenage years all the way through adulthood. Using proper hearing protection is one of those healthy life choices.”

Branden Estes
Music Director

“After loud intense rehearsals, my ears would ring for a while but then it would stop. Thirty-two years later, the ears ring and it doesn’t stop.”

President Emeritus, VanderCook College of Music

“When I would tell a band member to turn down the level, they would say, ‘Well just turn it up if you can’t hear yourself.’ It’s not that I need more volume of me, I need less volume to hear more.”

Susan Voelz, Rock Violinist
Poi dog Pondering