The Sound Off art competition is a part of Hashir International Institute’s Public Involvement programme. Our Public Involvement programme comprises several initiatives: (1) Raising awareness projects, (2) Become a Solver, (3) Competitions and Prizes, and (4) Action Research. The Sound Off art competition in 2024 was organised in collaboration with the World Hearing Centre and the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing and the Institute of Sensory Organs and was sponsored by MED-EL. The aim of the Sound Off was to raise awareness about misophonia, tinnitus and hyperacusis. Artists from different countries took part in the competition by submitting their pieces of artwork that demonstrated the experience of living with misophonia, hyperacusis or tinnitus. In this section we showcase each artwork, description of the artwork, motivations/inspirations of the artist, and artist’s personal relationship to misophonia, hyperacusis or tinnitus.
Artist Name: Satu Turunen-Taheri
Age: 62
Country of residence: Sweden
Name of artwork: Tinnitus and Hyperacusis
Explanation or description of the artwork. What inspired the work and what it means to the artist.
Many of my patients have tinnitus and hyperacusis, and I wanted to describe in a painting a bit of the feeling I got from my patients. However, it happens that even I sometimes bothered by tinnitus.
Artist’s personal relationship to misophonia, hyperacusis or tinnitus.
I have many patients with tinnitus and hyperacusis at the clinic where I work as an audiologist. I also sometimes have tinnitus by myself.
