Earlier this month, The Hearing Services Kingston joined Tinnitus UK at the House of Lords, kicking off Tinnitus Week 2026 with the launch of Tinnitus UK's new report: 'Amplifying Awareness'.

Speaking about its new report, Tinnitus UK said: "The report was created following extensive surveying carried out over the summer, centering around live music and tinnitus.

"We gathered insights from a variety of sectors within the music industry, ranging from industry professionals, gigging artists to music fans and festival goers to help us shape an industry wide campaign on hearing health and safer listening within the music industry to ensure live music doesn't cost people their hearing or wellbeing."

At the event, the charity was joined by its sponsors, including The Hearing Services Kingston, and there were talks from Diarmuid Flavin from Neuromod, Jono Heale of ACS, and Gordon Harrison from Specsavers.

Report authors Anne Savage and Sonja Jones took the stage to discuss the report, going over findings from the extensive surveying.

These findings include:

• Consumers in the UK spend £6.68 billion on live music.
• Hearing damage linked to live music is preventable, but it is placing avoidable pressure on the NHS.
• 92% of fans experience tinnitus after live music events.
• Nearly 1 in 5 people now live with permanent hearing loss.

Following these findings, Tinnitus UK is calling for:

1. For Venues: Make venues safer for staff and audiences by clearly following appropriate hearing safety guidance, and by providing practical toolkits, guidelines, and training for venue operators.
2. For live music professionals: Demand safe working conditions, including appropriate hearing protection, noise monitoring, and training; hearing loss should never be part of the job.
3. For All: Normalise hearing protection at live music. Wearing earplugs should be as routine as wearing seatbelts; driven by public-health campaigns and visible leadership from artists, DJs, and influencers.
4. For Government: Set clear, enforceable standards on sound levels, hearing protection, and training, ensuring they are monitored and enforced to protect workers and audiences alike.

The event featured talks from talks from Diarmuid Flavin from Neuromod, Jono Heale of ACS, and Gordon Harrison from Specsavers (Image supplied)

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You can read the full report here.

Speaking about the event, The Hearing Services Kingston told Nub News: "The Tinnitus UK event at the House of Lords had a great turnout. It was an invite only event for leading experts from across the country including ENT specialists, President of the British Society of Hearing Aid Audiologists, Heads of National chains, as well as Specialist audiologists and researchers. Lord Earl Russell agreed for the need to review legislation to take preventative action and measures to reduce the influence Tinnitus can have later on in life."

The Hearing Services Kingston provides audiological care designed to identify and manage any type of hearing loss.

With a wealth of education and experience behind her, Director and Clinical Audiolgist Farah Kiani's personalised assessment and treatment plans allow her patients to enhance their hearing and enrich their quality of life

Moreover, The Hearing Services Kingston offers a wide range of services, including various hearing tests, hearing aid fittings, speech testing, wax removal (micro suction and irrigation), and it caters to people of all ages from as young as five years old.

It also sells a variety of hearing aids, catered to individuals' needs, noise protection plugs, and monitors for musicians.

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