“Hear Culture” – Interactive Hearing Loss Simulator

The interactive installation “Hear Culture” will be on display at the “Lielais dzintars” Concert Hall, inviting visitors to explore hearing diversity and the world of sound from a different perspective. Using a specially designed hearing simulator, visitors can listen to excerpts of music both in their full sound and with different simulated types of hearing loss. In some versions, the sounds of certain instruments—or parts of them—will disappear, allowing visitors to experience how perception of the same piece of music changes. Visitors are invited to try to identify what has changed in the music and which sounds can no longer be heard. The installation was created through a collaboration between the “Audiomedika” Hearing Centre and the “Lielais dzintars” Concert Hall. It offers an interactive way to learn how hearing works and find out more about hearing loss and its effect on sound perception.