“Hear Culture” – Interactive Hearing Loss Simulator

The interactive installation “Hear Culture” will be on view at the “Lielais dzintars” Concert Hall, inviting visitors to explore the diversity of hearing and the world of sound from a different perspective. Using a specially designed hearing simulator, visitors can listen to music excerpts 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, letting visitors experience how their perception of the same piece of music changes. Visitors will be asked 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 explore how hearing works and learn more about hearing loss and its effect on sound perception.