Where Art Meets Science
- Art of Hearing | Dyon Scheijen
- Feb 22
- 2 min read
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 something different.
It can question.
It can open space.
It can deepen understanding.
Each cover was accompanied by a written reflection exploring themes such as:
Perception and meaning
The neurobiology of hearing
Silence and space
Tinnitus and interpretation
The relationship between sensory input and human experience
As a clinical physicist-audiologist and artist, I work at the intersection of these domains.
Hearing does not happen in the ears alone.
It happens in the brain.
In interpretation.
In context.
Art allows us to make that visible.
Acoustic Space as Concept
Several of the works featured were created on acoustic absorbing canvas.
Not as a technical experiment,
but as a conceptual extension of the idea that art can transform space - visually and acoustically.
I developed a technique in which acrylic merges into the pores of the absorbing material, preserving its acoustic function while intensifying visual depth.
In this way, the artwork does not only change how a space looks.
It changes how it sounds.
How it feels.
How it is experienced.
Where Art meets Science is not a slogan.
It is a method.
The Six Covers
Each cover formed part of a larger narrative.
A narrative about:
The complexity of perception
The human dimension of hearing disorders
The role of reflection in medicine
The power of interdisciplinary thinking
Together, they form a unified body of work exploring how art can deepen scientific understanding and how science can enrich artistic inquiry.
Read the Original Features
You can read the full articles published in ENT & Audiology News via the links below:
International Dialogue
The distribution of ENT & Audiology News across 114 countries created a global conversation.
Colleagues, clinicians and researchers reached out, not only to discuss the art, but to reflect on perception, silence and the lived experience of hearing.
That dialogue continues.
And it extends beyond medicine.
It speaks to architecture.
To museums.
To acoustic design.
To spaces where human experience matters.
Audiologist. Artist. Thinker.
Exploring sound, perception and space.
Where Art meets Science.
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