Health and Safety

Injury Prevention and Musicians’ Health

• Protecting Your Hearing Health
  • Protect Your Hearing Every Day-Information and Recommendations for Student Musicians (quick reference version), National Association of Schools of Music 
  • Protect Your Hearing Every Day-Information and Recommendations for Student Musicians (full version), N.A.S.M. 
  • Basic Information on Hearing Health-Information for Faculty and Staff in Schools of Music, N.A.S.M.
  • Advisories on Hearing Health I, N.A.S.M. and Performing Arts Medicine Association
  • Occupational Noise Exposure, U.S. Department of Occupational Safety and Health
  • Hearing Loss and Decibel Levels, New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic
  • Noise and Hearing Loss, Oregon Symphony Players Association
  • Decibel (Loudness) Comparison Chart
  • A Painful Melody: Repetitive Strain Injury Among Musicians by Tamara Mitchell
  • Five Tasks of Constructive Rest by Barbara Conable/College of Music/University of Colorado Boulder
  • What makes musicians prone to Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI)? By Timothy Jameson
  • You are your Instrument By Julie Lyonn Lieberman
• Neuromusculoskeletal and Vocal Health
  • A music student’s guide to protecting your neuromusculoskeletal and vocal health every day
  • An informational sheet for students on protecting neuromusculoskeletal health
  • An informational sheet for students on protecting vocal health
• Psychological Health
  • Performance Anxiety, Web MD
  • The Inner Game of Music by Barry Green and Timothy Gallwey
  • A Soprano on Her Head: Right-Side-Up Reflections on Life and Other Performances by Eloise Ristad