SEE HEAR - Wednesday 27th May, 1pm BBC2

On this week's programme, we meet professional deaf musicians who tell us about how loud music has seriously damaged their hearing. The British hip-hop band N-Dubz were forced to cancel three gigs on their recent UK tour when their lead-singer Dappy was diagnosed with hearing damage, while Paul Gray - a former bass player with The Damned - has suffered from serious hearing problems for fifteen years. And hearing damage is not just an issue for pop musicians - we also speak to William Morton, a flute and piccolo player for Covent Garden's Royal Opera House orchestra who has also experienced problems. We also hear the latest from the Association of British Orchestras about their plans to tackle the issue.

Also in the programme, we follow Memnos on a trip to Cornwall where he learns to ride the waves at the first surf school in the UK to offer lessons in BSL. Along the way he visits Newquay's world-famous FistralBeach to get some top tips from Deaf surf star Harry Hilliar, who is preparing to compete in a surf competition in Hawaii.

To watch this programme on the iPlayer, click here. If you want to have subtitles, just press the 's' on the right-hand side of the bottom bar that appears after you have pressed play.

The British Tinnitus Association

www.tinnitus.org.uk

Big Blue Surf School

https://www.bigbluesurfschool.co.uk/

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