Hearing and Music in Concert Venues

Auditorium Acoustics 2025

Auditorium Acoustics 2025

08 September 2025, 09:00 AM

London Branch hybrid evening meeting, presentation on 'Low Frequency Noise from Outdoor Concerts and Music Festival – C Weighting as a Means of Management

Small music venues - noise complaints contributing to closures

New report from the UK Parliament Culture, Media and Sport Committee found that noise complaints are contributing to the loss of grassroots music venues

Acoustics 2023: Peter Wheeler - Investigating the Effects of Modern Genres on the likelihood of Annoyance for residents living close to Music Venues...

Sound Systems for Acoustically Challenging Spaces, 5 August 2020

Presented by Dr Peter Mapp (IOA Engineering Medal Recipient 2020)

Protecting Workers Hearing at Entertainment Venues

Presentation by Chris Steel, HSE Southern Branch, Tuesday 10 January 2023

IOA Christmas Jumper Charity Day 2023

Following on from the success of our inaugural IOA Council Christmas Jumper Appeal in 2022 we are looking forward to seeing even more Members, Students and Staff getting involved this year.

Listener panel: Online listening experiment to rate the sound quality attributes of musical samples

New research is being conducted as part of the Cadenza Project, which seeks to develop measures of audio quality for music for people with hearing loss.

Inter-noise Delegate Offers for Glasgow July-December 2022

If you're attending Inter-noise 2022 in person, enjoy Glasgow with special delegate offers on tours and restaurants.

The Inter-noise 2022 conference social and ceilidh – be sure to attend

If you're planning to attend Inter-Noise 2022 in Glasgow from 21-24 August, be sure to join our conference social and ceilidh (a bargain at just £20)

Different ways & benefits to attending Inter-noise 2022, from 21-24 August 2022

Even though we are encouraging delegates to attend Inter-Noise 2022 in Glasgow in person, there are different ways and benefits to attending. 

Heralding a new ERA in Acoustics audience experience

Dear all, In a typically British way in the face of adversity a group of us have got together to form an alliance we are calling the Events Revival Alliance.