Photo © Ralph Siegel

“I find education about tinnitus and especially the protection of hearing infinitely important, so legislators should finally introduce a phon limit on unreasonable noise generation in public places by motorcycles, lawnmowers, etc., and especially in bars and discos by hearing-damaging excessively loud music – hearing is life and being deaf, life on the sidelines.”

Ralph Siegel
Musician
http://www.jupiter-records.de/

Photo © Valentina Cenni

“Let’s help the German Tinnitus Foundation!!! They are working to free people from the tyranny of noise: Quiet, Please!”

Stefano Bollani
Italian jazz pianist
www.stefanobollani.com

Photo © Dejan Patic

“I think tinnitus research is important because silence is as important to me as music.”

Sonia Brex
Italian musician

Photo © Antonio Pedro Afonso

“Tinnitus research and education is important to me, first because we musicians are at increased risk and want to use our ears for life if possible. However, as tinnitus has become more and more a common ‘disease of civilization,’ our society needs to be made more aware of it and prevention needs to be done.”

Paul Frick
Band co-founder, pianist & percussionist of BrandtBrauerFrick
www.brandtbrauerfrick.de

Photo © Tristan Vostry

“I think education about tinnitus and protecting hearing is important because without hearing sound and the world, our lives would lose so much quality and depth.”

Maria Antonia Smalley
Singer of AmpersAnd, former singer & band founder of Chapeau Claque
ampersand-music.com

Photo © AME.Media

“I think education about tinnitus and protecting your hearing is important because hardly anyone knows how it gets lodged in your ear and how you can get it out of there (hosted it myself as a guest for a year, unfortunately)!”

Lou Bega
German Latin Pop Singer
www.lou-bega.com

Photo © Dovile Sermokas

“Don’t be a tinnitussi – protect your ears!”

Lisa Bassenge
Singer
www.lisa-bassenge.de
www.micatone.de

Photo © Olaf Heine

“We all give too little thought to our hearing. It is only when we lose our ability to hear, which we accept as so normal, that we wake up.

I am a musician and without my ears I would be nothing. 2 years ago I got tinnitus, which will never disappear completely, but thank God does not hinder me professionally. Others were less fortunate. Many of my colleagues share my fate.

With a little discipline and even more education, we can help young people in particular avoid damaging their hearing before it happens. That’s what the German Tinnitus and Hearing Foundation Charité has written on its banner, and I’m happy to help hold that flag high.”

Kai Wingenfelder
Musician, Singer & Songwriter
www.wingenfelderwingenfelder.de

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Kai Wingenfelder told us more about why he supports the foundation as an ambassador in summer 2014. Click here for his interview.

Photo © Felix Krüger

“I think education about tinnitus and protecting hearing is extremely important. We live in a time when stress and noise are constantly increasing. Especially in my industry, there is hardly any separation between professional and private life and more and more people suffer from tinnitus. Many people are absolutely careless about the constant background noise around them, and I am seeing more and more children who have never heard of hearing protection and damage from noise. This is precisely why education and prevention in this direction is very important and worthy of support.”

Johannes Strate
Singer & frontman of Revolverheld
revolverheld.net

Photo © Rankin

“We think tinnitus research is important because for us as musicians, hearing is simply the most important sense. We support education about tinnitus and protecting hearing because it’s very easy to irreparably damage this precious asset!”

Alina Süggeler
Singer from Frida Gold
www.fridagold.com