INTRODUCTION Tinnitus is one of the most reported auditory symptoms among musicians and can negatively influence their ability to work, sometimes even more severely than hearing loss. OBJECTIVES To analyze the occurrence of tinnitus and other auditory symptoms in musicians who play different instruments. METHODS One hundred musicians participated by answering a questionnaire on instrument p...

This article discusses insights of a research regarding the platformed audiovisualities on strategies by female independent musicians Porto Alegre (Brazil) and Milan (Italy) during Covid-19 pandemic, considering their practices resistance in this period with usages an appropriation technology. Based qualitative using cartographic method (Canevacci, 1997), we mapped (composers, singers instrumen...

OBJECTIVE Despite the high number of amateur musicians in the general population, little is known about the musculoskeletal health of amateur musicians. Playing a musical instrument is supposed to be a risk factor for the development of musculoskeletal complaints. This study aimed to evaluate playing-related musculoskeletal disorders (PRMDs) among amateur musicians playing in student orchestras...

Musical activities carried out by musicians can bring benefits but also cause discomfort to theextent of causing mental health problems. This condition in general be reflected through thequality life the musicians. The participants this study were 70 with agerange 18-47 years old (Mean=27.94, SD=6.73), and was obtained accidental sampling.This aims examine predictor role sex, age, music playing...

The perception of music has been investigated by several neurophysiological and neuroimaging methods. Results from these studies suggest a right hemisphere dominance for non-musicians and a possible left hemisphere dominance for musicians. However, inconsistent results have been obtained, and not all variables have been controlled by the different methods. We performed a study with functional t...