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“I think education about tinnitus and protecting hearing is important because not only as musicians do we all need healthy hearing! This is what every person deserves! Please help research make this possible.”
Daniel Hope
Violinist
www.danielhope.com
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“I think research and education about tinnitus is important because young and healthy people in particular are unaware of and underestimate the dangers of hearing loss and tinnitus disease. Education especially in schools should be increased in my opinion.”
Christoph Huntgeburth
Solo flutist and professor
www.christoph-huntgeburth.de
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“As a musician, I believe that healthy hearing is one of the most important components of human health. And it is so delicate! To preserve and protect it in today’s environment requires great dedication and commitment. The German Foundation Tinnitus and Hearing Charité has dedicated itself to this commendable task.”
Avi Avital
Mandolinist
www.aviavital.com
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“We rarely understand how sounds affect us because we don’t realize how much of the world we actually perceive through our sense of hearing. And as long as there is no problem with our hearing, we pay little attention to the sounds around us. However, as tinnitus receives more and more attention, I am extremely pleased that there are concerted efforts to cure and eliminate it. Therefore, I wish you great success in your future endeavors to eventually conquer this acute medical condition.”
Arvo Pärt
Composer
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“I think tinnitus research is important because it can help a lot of people regain their quality of life or do their jobs,” he said. I think education about tinnitus and protecting hearing is important because it’s an issue that can’t be underestimated.”
Andreas Ottensamer
Clarinetist
andreasottensamer.com
“I have been a tinnitus sufferer myself since the summer of 2006. For many years a noise in my ear, stronger on the left than on the right, I call it my flutist in my ear, squeaking into an overdriven microphone, continuously. During the day it is possible to suppress the noise, it is lost in everyday life. But in the evening and at night, when it gets quieter, it can become unbearable, and I then have to concentrate on other things so as not to notice it. “Basically, there’s nothing you can do,” the ENT doctor said on the first visit. But in order to eventually do something about tinnitus, I think research on it is so important.”
Uwe Tellkamp
Writer
www.suhrkamp.de/autoren/uwe_tellkamp
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“Tinnitus is still an incurable disease and its effects are underestimated. Unfortunately, tinnitus can worsen in the context of physical exertion, such as sports, because physical exertion can exacerbate the stress caused by tinnitus. As a professional soccer player, I train every day. Therefore, I support the German Foundation Tinnitus and Hearing Charité. Education, prevention and research can help find the right therapy.”
Diego Benaglio
Former goalkeeper of the Swiss national team and AS Monaco
www.diego-benaglio.ch
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“Tinnitus takes a lot of energy. Many people close to me, fellow musicians and technicians are affected. Her life has changed a lot as a result. I know some who are doing quite badly. I admire the fact that they don’t let it get them down. And to be honest: I’ve also had whistles and hisses before, which gave me quite a fright. I’ve been paying attention ever since.
It is so important to counter recklessness with prevention, to gather information, to disseminate it, not to trivialize it and talk it away. After all, many people don’t see the problem until it’s right in front of their nose or in their ear. And often it is then too late. How much smarter and easier it would be to get smart in advance. We usually google every nonsense, here googling makes sense! That is why I also support the German Foundation Tinnitus and Hearing Charité.
We need research and a lot more education to prevent tinnitus from happening in the first place.”
Lisa Fitz
Cabaret artist & musician
www.lisa-fitz.de
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Lisa Fitz told us more about why she supports the foundation as an ambassador in June 2014. Click here for her audio message.
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“Tinnitus is a terrible disease. It affects every minute of your life. Promising research is on the horizon. They need money to keep going.”
William Shatner
Actor, singer and author
williamshatner.com
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“I think tinnitus research is important because it would be great to eventually find cures for this disease and thus make life worth living again for many sufferers.
I think education about tinnitus and hearing protection is important because I’ve been affected too and might have gotten through it better if I knew more about it.”
Vera Int-Veen
TV presenter
www.vera.de
