“Tinnitus is an occupational disease in the music industry”
I’ve working in music for around 40 years now, mostly in the sponsorship business, where I’ve partnered with brands like Heineken, Coca-Cola, and Jeep, and artists like Prince, Elton John, Bryan Ferry, Eric Clapton, and The Stones.
That means that I have been exposed to loud noise at concerts thousands of times.
I developed tinnitus 15 years ago. It is a very loud tinnitus, estimated to be about 80dB – as loud as a conversation. It’s a beep in…
Frank van Hoorn talks about the TinnitusFree Foundation’s quest to eliminate the live music industry’s occupational disease
Comment 1 July 2025