House Research Institute to Educate NYC Teens on Healthy Hearing with "Sound Rules!", May 4th; Features Paul Stanley
The House Research Institute (HRI) announced that it will host ” Sound Rules! A Sound & Hearing Celebration” for teens at the Director’s Guild of America (DGA) Theatre in New York City on May 4.
Paul Stanley: To hear him is to love him.
The free after-school event is designed to encourage healthy hearing practices among teens and will feature Paul Stanley, the frontman and co-founder of KISS, NYC indie-band “I Love Monsters”, and House Clinic Otologist M. Jennifer Derebery, M.D.
House Research Institute, formerly known as House Ear Institute, is a non-profit dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with hearing loss and related disorders through scientific research, patient care and the sharing of knowledge.
The two-hour event is part of HRI’s healthy hearing teen initiative “It’s How You Listen that Counts®” which has educated millions of teens around the world since 2006. It will feature a fun-filled, information-packed agenda while addressing the pervasive issue of noise-induced hearing loss among teens.
According to a recent study published in JAMA, one out of five teens suffers from hearing loss — a 30 percent increase from just 15 years ago. More than one third of these cases are caused by over-exposure to sound levels above 85 dB.
In addition to providing entertainment and information from Paul Stanley and leading experts from House Research Institute, “Sound Rules” will feature other activities including a teen game show, a chance to win valuable prizes and a unique pre-event “Sound Choice Video Essay Contest.”
The video essay contest encourages teenagers to view the educational material about hearing loss prevention on the institute’s teen Website at http://www.earbud.org, then demonstrate what they’ve learned in a creative way by producing a video essay. The grand-prize winner, who will need to be present at the event to claim their prize – an electric guitar autographed by Paul Stanley — will be announced by Stanley himself at the “Sound Rules!” event on May 4th.
There will be a number of other fun contests and prizes as part of the event. For complete event details and teen registration, visit http://www.soundrules.org.
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Wednesday, May 4 between 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.
The Director’s Guild of America (DGA) Theatre
110 West 57th Street, New York, NY
Space is limited for the event and reservations are required. For more information and registration, visit http://www.soundrules.org.