THE LISTENING STUDIO at The Center for Hearing and Communication
NEW YORK, NY

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Listening Studio Examples
The following sound clips are excerpts from a new virtual-reality hearing test offered at the Center for Hearing and Communication. Daniel Perlin, a multimedia artist, created eight audiovisual scenarios inspired by everyday life in New York City.

First-Person Narrative and Restaurant Noise
Opera and Montauk Beach
Telephone Conversation and Subway Clatter
Political Discussion and Classroom Noise

The Listening Studio consists of an audio and video installation used as an audio test within a custom designed laboratory space. It is a project created through collaboration between POD DESIGN+MEDIA and sound designer and artist Daniel Perlin. The Studio is permanently installed in the Center for Hearing and Communication in lower Manhattan, New York.

The installation/test consists of immersive video and audio environments. These environments contain a series of conversations that switch backgrounds and ambient audio in real time. These environments challenge the spectator/patient to listen closely and try to understand the conversations.  The test, run by a trained laboratory technician, is intended first as therapy for those who have hearing aids or cochlear implants, so that they may test their hearing in varying situations. They may choose to have their hearing adjusted based upon their results. 

The test is open to the public as well, and will be available for anyone to experience as a spectator/patient. The room contains a 5.1 surround-sound system, 16 HD videos on a flat screen monitor and a custom musical keyboard which serves as the testing interface.  

The Listening Studio is permanently installed in the Center for Hearing and Communication on 50 Broadway, 6th floor, in lower Manhattan, New York. As the Listening Studio contained within a medical practice within an office building, it requires an appointment to visit. Please call +1 917-305-7700 or email appointments@chchearing.org to schedule a visit.

TEAM MEMBERS
Space:
The Center for Hearing and Communication // Nancy Nadler

Designer:
POD DESIGN+MEDIA // Brooks Atwood, Clay Odom, Tobias Jahn

Artist:
Perlin Studios // Daniel Perlin

Filmmaker:
Aaron Ekroth

Fabrication:
The FABLAB at NJIT College of Architecture and Design // Richard Garber with Gene Dassing, Benjamin Lindner & Kevin Kuziola