Lola De La Mata, a multi-disciplinary artist, experienced severe hearing damage and developed tinnitus after a loud noise incident at a restaurant. She created a composition called 'KOH-klee-uh' to explore her relationship with listening and used unique instruments like tuning forks and a Canna Sonora. Her album 'Oceans On Azimuth' captures the intensity of her experience. De La Mata collaborated with scientists to record the sounds she hears in her ears, challenging the notion of tinnitus as a phantom sound. Her work aims to break the stigma surrounding hearing loss in the music community.
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