https://grandpianopassion.com/ An oasis for adult piano students and musicians with hearing loss. Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:06:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://grandpianopassion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/grandpianopassion_favicon_192x192-150x150.png https://grandpianopassion.com/ 32 32 80171844 https://grandpianopassion.com/children-hearing-loss-should-learn-music/ https://grandpianopassion.com/children-hearing-loss-should-learn-music/#respond Tue, 14 Nov 2023 14:08:13 +0000 https://grandpianopassion.com/?p=14258 The biologist Dr. Nina Kraus illuminates how children and teenagers benefit from learning music in her book, Of Sound Mind.]]> https://grandpianopassion.com/children-hearing-loss-should-learn-music/feed/ 0 14258 https://grandpianopassion.com/rachmaninoff-prelude-g-sharp-minor https://grandpianopassion.com/rachmaninoff-prelude-g-sharp-minor#respond Wed, 18 Oct 2023 18:20:46 +0000 https://grandpianopassion.com/?p=14216 Handling tempo variations and creating a long-line tenor melody are among the strategies we explore for learning the Rachmaninoff Prelude in G-sharp minor, Opus 32, No. 12.]]> https://grandpianopassion.com/rachmaninoff-prelude-g-sharp-minor/feed/ 0 14216 https://grandpianopassion.com/hearing-aids-music-technology-guide/ https://grandpianopassion.com/hearing-aids-music-technology-guide/#comments Tue, 08 Aug 2023 13:00:23 +0000 https://grandpianopassion.com/?p=13945 Our guide explores in-ear monitors, hearing aids' music setting, and hearing protection.]]> https://grandpianopassion.com/hearing-aids-music-technology-guide/feed/ 17 13945 https://grandpianopassion.com/alternative-hearing-aids-music-3dme-in-ear-monitors/ https://grandpianopassion.com/alternative-hearing-aids-music-3dme-in-ear-monitors/#comments Mon, 07 Aug 2023 18:48:33 +0000 https://grandpianopassion.com/?p=13860 Our product review of Sensaphonics' 3DME In-Ear Monitor evaluates the system as an alternative to hearing aids for music.]]> https://grandpianopassion.com/alternative-hearing-aids-music-3dme-in-ear-monitors/feed/ 50 13860 https://grandpianopassion.com/switching-from-hearing-aids-music/ https://grandpianopassion.com/switching-from-hearing-aids-music/#comments Sun, 06 Aug 2023 13:40:05 +0000 https://grandpianopassion.com/?p=13955 A pianist with hearing loss switches to in-ear monitors for music after experiencing frustration with her hearing aids' tinny sound quality]]> https://grandpianopassion.com/switching-from-hearing-aids-music/feed/ 2 13955 https://grandpianopassion.com/piano-a-poem/ https://grandpianopassion.com/piano-a-poem/#respond Wed, 09 Nov 2022 02:40:49 +0000 https://grandpianopassion.com/?p=12509 In this poem consisting of a single sentence, Dan Howell draws on a lived experience to describe the sound of an older woman playing.]]> https://grandpianopassion.com/piano-a-poem/feed/ 0 12509 https://grandpianopassion.com/hearing-aids-music-program-audio-engineer/ https://grandpianopassion.com/hearing-aids-music-program-audio-engineer/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2022 18:48:17 +0000 https://grandpianopassion.com/?p=12055 Musician, audio engineer, hearing aid user, and cochlear implant recipient Rick Ledbetter explains how he programs his hearing aids for music. ]]> https://grandpianopassion.com/hearing-aids-music-program-audio-engineer/feed/ 5 12055 https://grandpianopassion.com/2022/10/27/amateur-pianists-perform-ensembles/ https://grandpianopassion.com/2022/10/27/amateur-pianists-perform-ensembles/#respond Thu, 27 Oct 2022 12:24:30 +0000 https://grandpianopassion.com/?p=12501 The reality of performing, especially for amateurs, is that you will make a mistake.]]> https://grandpianopassion.com/2022/10/27/amateur-pianists-perform-ensembles/feed/ 0 12501 https://grandpianopassion.com/musical-memory-a-church-organists-experience-with-hearing-loss/ https://grandpianopassion.com/musical-memory-a-church-organists-experience-with-hearing-loss/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2022 16:28:16 +0000 https://grandpianopassion.com/?p=10528 While attending church in primary school, Brian found himself counting the pipes of the church organ instead of listening to the sermons. He enjoyed the vast variety of sound an organ can produce in a range of warmth and brightness he could only describe as the “sublime delicacy and awesome power" of the organ. By age eighteen, he was filling in for the regular church organist, and played happily for many years. ]]> https://grandpianopassion.com/musical-memory-a-church-organists-experience-with-hearing-loss/feed/ 2 10528 https://grandpianopassion.com/bauman-personalizing-hearing-aids-music/ https://grandpianopassion.com/bauman-personalizing-hearing-aids-music/#comments Mon, 15 Jul 2019 09:00:45 +0000 https://grandpianopassion.com/?p=10440 An expert explains how musicians with hearing loss can personalize their hearing aids’ music setting by tuning in to the subjective nature of sound perception.]]> https://grandpianopassion.com/bauman-personalizing-hearing-aids-music/feed/ 8 10440