Is Steve Angello Going Deaf?

Hearing for any musician is their most important tool for creating music. Nevertheless, the voluminous concerts, loud headphones, and blaring studio monitors that constantly surround a musician are terrible for their hearing. It is especially damaging to musicians when they don't wear hearing protection at their live performances.

Sadly the aforementioned has caught up with beloved DJ/producer Steve Angello. In the latest episode of Size TV, Steve talks about the problems he has faced with hearing lose (8:20 mark). He said he was working in a studio for a month straight when he began to experience severe problems.

The studio monitors were set up on the left side of the room. Due to the fact, Steve's left ear took the brunt of the force. When his hearing went absent he immediately consulted the doctor.

Listen to this play out on Episode 6 of Size TV.

For those curious as to what steps Steve has taken to protect his hearing the DJ has adopted the technique of using no headphones at his live shows to mix.

See Steve live in Boston - Details HERE

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deaf man who heard music for the first time two weeks ago

(Yahoo!) Austin Chapman says he was "born profoundly deaf" and has never understood music--or the people moved by it. But that changed two weeks ago, when he tried a new pair of hearing aids for the first time in years.

"[It] was the hardest thing for me to wrap my head around," Chapman, a 23-year-old filmmaker, wrote in a post on his studio's blog. "All music sounded like trash through my hearing aids."

He described what it was like to hear clearly for the first time:

I sat in the doctor's office frozen as a cacophony of sounds attacked me. The whir of the computer, the hum of the AC, the clacking of the keyboard, and when my best friend walked in I couldn't believe that he had a slight rasp to his voice.

Chapman, a recent Pepperdine graduate, posted his story on Reddit, asking for suggestions of what songs he should listen to next. Since then, he's been inundated with responses recommending everything from AC/DC to Vampire Weekend.

Yahoo News caught up with Chapman via email to find out more about his honed hearing--and the feedback his story's generated.

Yahoo: This is not some sort of elaborate viral marketing stunt for hearing aids, is it?

Chapman: Haha. No. I was worried it might come off that way so in my original post I didn't list the name or brand of my...

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