The Art of Hearing Triptych and the Glass Model in Sound-Related Distress Introduction “Does this mean my ear is not broken?” It is a question I hear regularly in my consultation room. The question often arises after we have drawn a simple picture together: a glass slowly filling with everything a person carries in life. Inside the glass I write words such as body, work, home and family - the domains that shape a person’s life. I sometimes add fatigue, stress or worry, the de

Dyon Scheijen Where Art Meets Science Resilience Series The Resilience Series explores how disruption transforms into structure, and how vulnerability coexists with strength. Through large-scale abstract works on acoustic absorbing canvas, art and science converge in spatial experiences of integration and human resilience. Rooted in decades of scientific work in perception and high-impact research, Scheijen’s practice bridges analytical insight and abstract expression. Materi

A Unifying Story in ENT & Audiology Over the past year, my artwork appeared on six consecutive covers of ENT & Audiology News , an international journal distributed in more than 114 countries worldwide. This collaboration was not about decoration. It was about dialogue. A dialogue between art and science. Between perception and physiology. Between what we measure, and what we experience. Beyond Illustration In medicine, images often illustrate knowledge. But art can do someth

As the final cover of this Art meets Science series arrives in your hands, I find myself filled with gratitude. Gratitude for the journey, for the people who walked it with me, and above all, for the deeper purpose that has guided us from the very first sketch to this closing chapter. This diptych – now finally complete – was never meant to be art for art’s sake. It was an invitation: to see beyond what we measure and treat, and to remember why we do what we do. In the world

For this fifth cover in the Art meets Science series, we celebrate not only the fusion of audiology and art, but also friendship, nature, and the kind of collaboration that reaches far beyond the clinic walls. My colleague and dear friend Martin Stollman, fellow medical physics expert in audiology, lives with his wife in a beautifully renovated former monastery. The home, with its grand architecture, high ceilings and serene atmosphere, is truly breathtaking. But as often ha

By Dyon Scheijen, Clinical Physicist – Audiologist & Artist The image on this issue’s cover is not merely an artwork - it is a conversation. A conversation in colour. A dialogue between silence and sound, between science and emotion. It is part of a monumental triptych, two metres high and six metres wide, created as the centrepiece for the exhibition Hearing, Seeing, and Feeling in the museum of Valkenburg, the Netherlands. Acrylic and medium on specially prepared fabric. Ri

It began not in America, but in Valkenburg.The streets were painted orange that summer - flags hanging from windows, shirts stretched...

As an audiologist deeply involved in tinnitus care, I’m growing increasingly concerned - and frankly, frustrated too - with the ongoing...

Sometimes, it’s a detail that tells a story. Not loud. Not in the spotlight. But quietly present. Like the golden streaks on my canvases. They shine, catch the light, draw your gaze. And if you look a little longer, you’ll see that they are not just lines. They’ve been healed, but never hidden. They tell a story. On the third cover of ENT & Audiology News , such a detail is visible. A close-up of those golden lines. For the attentive observer, it might already be a signature

Today is World Hearing Day. A day dedicated to raising global awareness of the importance of hearing. But for me, and for the people I...