Tinnitus, Auditory Knowledge and the Arts

a portrait etched in digital paint, with two stars, in different shades of blue on the lower front of the face, and moons for ears. Above the blue stars are a dense cloud of more jagged grey shapes.

an outline of a body with a line running through it from top to bottom. The right side is shaded black. the left side is shown with jagged lines coming off of it. These lines run from the left hand, up the left arm and shoulder, and are most extended by the left ear.

three outlines of heads are shown in a treffoil The top head shows 'ww shhhhh' inside the head, next to the right ear. the bottom left shows a large black dot accompanied by the letters 'EEE' by the right ear. the bottom right head shows a cloud like oval by both the left and right ears accompanied by the letters 'yyybmmm'.

a pencil drawing of a face with closed eyes, nose and mouth. red, green and purple arrows show tinnitus moving into the left ear and moving across the forehead and under the eye. On the right, the artist suggests there is 'less noise' and 'all internal', with tinnitus moving inwards from the ear

a pencil drawn outline of a head accompanied by the labels 'my left', my right', the back of my head', a concentrated beam is shown as emerging from the left, while a wider triangle shaped beam filled with lines and squiggles is shown as coming from the right. A circular figure running from above the crown to the neck surrounds the head.

A simple, hand drawn face with two eyes, a smile and stick body. A series of circles and swirls are shown coming from the right hand side of the head, going from large to small.

a simple outline of a head, drawn in black, that has an orange wavy line running around it in a circle

a detailed portrait in watercolour with red blocks of varying sizes over the left ear and red jagged lines over the right.

a series of five outlines of heads filled with different types of lines. at the top an empty head is accompanied by 'busy and focussed. Don't notice what might be there'. a head with faint dotted lines is captioned 'needs no management'. A head fillled with 5 unbroken lines is captioned as 'live with this as long as i will soon be busy - then i won't notice it. A head with thin wavy lines running from left to right is described as 'when i'm in a quiet place needs management'. at the bottom right, a head filled with thick wavy lines is captioned 'when i'm stressed, tired, needs management' and is accompanied by a sad face emoji.

a colourful portrait on a black background with a blank face and lots of brown/orange hair. orange jagged lines are shown coming out from the head, and it is surrounded by yellow and blue dots and lines. on the left hand side, above the head, there is a bird like figure.

a pencil drawing of a woman's face with long wavy hair. It includes two starlike figures above each ear. the one on the right is slightly bigger than the one on the left.

A detail portrait of a wind swept person, with their hair blown to the right. on either side are cross sections of concentric red lines. the right side is larger, and there is also a plus sign.

a face with a beard is drawn in red on lined paper. it is accompanied by an orange' halo' that runs between the ears. the top of the ears are surrounded by lines going in different directions

a simple crayon drawing of a head with what looks like blue weather patterns on either side. the right side is significantly more busy than the left.

a pen drawing of a head slightly tilted to the right, there are sharp red lines between the ears, under the eyes, which are drawn in blue and squeezed shut. wavy red lines cover both sides of the jaw, and short red lines issue from both sides of the head, with more activity on the right.

a portrait drawn in blue felt that has purple sound waves radiating around the back of the head, connecting the ears

a simple outline of a head with concentric red lines radiating outward from the left ear. alongside this are two diagrams showing frequency, labelled as 3 khz, and time, laid out as a sine tone.

a drawing of a face with thick brown lines. a blue circle with jagged edges covers the right eye and a red arrow is shown pointing inwards. a side profile of the face has been drawn next to it, with a red dot shown at the top of the ear, and a blue circle surrounding it.

a photograph of a portrait with eyes, nose, ears and a short bob with a fringe, drawn on graph paper in red pen. Two yellow highlighter dots are by the left and right ear, next to a black dot surrounded by arrows pointed inwards. black swirling dotted lines are shown coming from the dots and running up and down inside the head,

a pencil-drawn portrait with spikey hair. An arrow is pointed inwards on the right hand ear and lines and squiggles emerge from the left ear.