


This loud sound coming into the open ear causes you to turn the otherĮar up even more. And now the otherĮar is open and getting bashed by the band, the P.A. That one ear has to go from 90 to 96 to sound like 96. Where two ears together add up to a 6dB increase in your perception of Take one out, their brain loses its ability to do binaural summation, “fix” the problem by wearing an earpiece in only one ear. Santucci explains: "One danger from too much isolation comes when musicians decide to He explained why, but rather than try and call that up for you verbatim, here is Michael Santucci and Mike Dias of IEM manufacturer Ultimate Ears, explaining it in Mix Magazine: When I asked him about using just one side of these monitors, he stated in no uncertain terms that it creates a serious risk to hearing to use just one in-ear. I got to chat with the real expert on the subject of in-ears: doctor of Audiology Michael Santucci, who was manning his Sensaphonics booth at a NAMM event.
