Health and Safety

• Association of British Orchestras "The national body representing professional orchestras throughout the UK"
• Health and Safety Executive To check on any legislation that exists to protect musicians select ‘Noise’ from the ‘Topics’ drop down menu. You can also download a document about research into noise damage to workers in clubs and pubs here

Hearing

• Advanced Communication Solutions Contains useful info about the highly recommended Elacin Ear plugs for musicians
• House of Hearing Where you can get Elacin ear plugs fitted in Scotland
• HearingDirect.com A well designed site which offers an online hearing test and affordable hearing aids. They have a no quibble money back guarrantee
• Canadian Hearing Society Lots of useful info, tables etc. about noise levels and durations
• Earplug Super Store Advice on earplugs. Ships to anywhere in the world. You can buy off-the-shelf ER20s from them
• Free Hearing Test An entertaining site! Take a free hearing text and listen to the sounds of nature
• Association of British Orchestras (ABO) Go to Information/Publications to find documents about hearing, Including “A Sound Ear” by Alison Wright Reid, an influential document exploring the issues of noise damage in orchestras
  Email:info@abo.org.uk, Tel:020 7287 0333 or Fax:020 7287 0444 to order a copy
• Look up specific hearing problems on the MEDLINEplus site

Focal Dystonia

• "Focal Dystonia - My History," by Michael Houstoun Michael Houstoun is a top ranking professional pianist who’s career was brought to a holt by focal dystonia. This brief account of his five year’s of persistence in working towards a cure makes fascinating reading. He has now returned to a busy performing schedule and is, once again, playing brilliantly
• David Leisner - Classical Guitarist and Composer Two very interesting interviews with David Leisner, who has found a way to cure himself of a hand problem which may have been a form of focal dystonia

Others

• Claustrophobia and Panic Apologoes for the ad banners. They are there because this is a free site and and there is no such thing as a free lunch. exactpages.com are great hosts, but they have overridden the hover command on my style sheet so that the cursor turns all the links a sickly green.
• Claustrophobia Forum Part of the above site, this is a forum dedicated to claustrophobia, anxiety and panic in their various forms. Please join in (or even begin!) the discussion

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