Remy Wenmaekers has defended his PhD thesis ‘Stage acoustics and sound exposure in performance and rehearsal spaces for orchestras Methods for physical measurements’ on November 22nd in Auditorium hall 4 at the TU in Eindhoven.
Remy Wenmaekers works as acoustic researcher and consultant at Level Acoustics & Vibration since the foundation of the company in 2006. He had a parttime PhD position at TU in Eindhoven.
NOS have brought attention to the results of the research about the hearing load of musicians (in Dutch):
https://nos.nl/artikel/2204059-gehoorschade-is-een-sluipmoordenaar-voor-muzikanten.html
More press coverage about the subject (in Dutch):
More information (in English) about the research and the thesis can be found on the dedicated website of the project: