Orchestral Players are risk getting ear damage, the risk
that Orchestral Players deal is larger than the audience. The different is the audience
become more relaxes when listening the music, but the Orchestral Players who
play it can be experiencing stress due to the noise.
The sound of trombone and trumpet in concert can match the
sound level of chainsaw, a horn player in an orchestra that lasted 3 hours is
same as the noise of motor for 30 minutes, the oboe player creates a sound that
same like the sound of the subway for 1 hour. Can you imagine the high risk of
your ear could take.
The BBC Orchestra recently share their secret to prevent the
ear damages, the health guide for Orchestral Players said that chewing gum will
create relaxed situation for the player as the result the stress level reduce
so the risk of damage on the ear reduce too.