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Lost and Sound
| Length: | 76 min |
| Released: | 2012 |
Lost and Sound explores the lives of three extraordinary people who are deaf or hearing impaired as they try against the odds to rediscover music.
A music reviewer by trade, Nick is forced by the sudden onset of tinnitus and loss of his hearing in one ear to relearn how to listen to music. Meningitis destroyed young Holly’s hearing at fourteen months, but hasn’t stopped her from becoming an accomplished cellist and pianist. Twenty-year-old deaf dancer Emily has landed a place at a coveted European dance school.
The film features interviews from Dr. David Eagleman, Professor of Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine, who discusses the plasticity of the brain which is able to adapt to changes in startling ways and Dr. Nigel Osborne, Professor of Music at University of Edinburgh, who connects the eardrum’s development in human evolution to the perception of music and sound. Their film offers a poignant exploration of how our relationship with music reveals the wonders of the mind.
A music reviewer by trade, Nick is forced by the sudden onset of tinnitus and loss of his hearing in one ear to relearn how to listen to music. Meningitis destroyed young Holly’s hearing at fourteen months, but hasn’t stopped her from becoming an accomplished cellist and pianist. Twenty-year-old deaf dancer Emily has landed a place at a coveted European dance school.
The film features interviews from Dr. David Eagleman, Professor of Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine, who discusses the plasticity of the brain which is able to adapt to changes in startling ways and Dr. Nigel Osborne, Professor of Music at University of Edinburgh, who connects the eardrum’s development in human evolution to the perception of music and sound. Their film offers a poignant exploration of how our relationship with music reveals the wonders of the mind.
“The audience shared in something intimate and unexplainable about the human spirit.”
‒The Huffington Post
“Director Dryden is hearing-impaired, note, but neither deaf nor blind to what it takes to construct a fascinating documentary film.”
‒Austin Chronicle
"As an Audiologist and lecturer in Audiology, I did not expect the documentary to have such an impact on me. . . I left feeling light-hearted and inspired. I would highly recommend watching Lost and Sound not just to my colleagues and students, but to everyone, as there is something in it that will touch us all."
‒Priya Singh, Director of Clinical Studies, Ear Institute, University College London
"Lost and Sound is a beautiful film about finding ways to engage with music following hearing loss. It’s eloquent and moving. . . In it’s scope and gentle, insightful view, this is as much a film about what it means to love and be a human as it is about music.”
‒Prof. Sophie K Scott, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience
"A unique insight into the human condition . . . likely to stay with you long after the credits have rolled."
‒DocGeeks
“Never before have I seen a film that truly grasped the mysterious world that those with hearing loss live in.”
‒Audiotoniq
“The film has moments of humour, intimacy and pure emotional joy . . . and incredibly touching insight.”
‒cOup.com
‒The Huffington Post
“Director Dryden is hearing-impaired, note, but neither deaf nor blind to what it takes to construct a fascinating documentary film.”
‒Austin Chronicle
"As an Audiologist and lecturer in Audiology, I did not expect the documentary to have such an impact on me. . . I left feeling light-hearted and inspired. I would highly recommend watching Lost and Sound not just to my colleagues and students, but to everyone, as there is something in it that will touch us all."
‒Priya Singh, Director of Clinical Studies, Ear Institute, University College London
"Lost and Sound is a beautiful film about finding ways to engage with music following hearing loss. It’s eloquent and moving. . . In it’s scope and gentle, insightful view, this is as much a film about what it means to love and be a human as it is about music.”
‒Prof. Sophie K Scott, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience
"A unique insight into the human condition . . . likely to stay with you long after the credits have rolled."
‒DocGeeks
“Never before have I seen a film that truly grasped the mysterious world that those with hearing loss live in.”
‒Audiotoniq
“The film has moments of humour, intimacy and pure emotional joy . . . and incredibly touching insight.”
‒cOup.com
Official Selection, SXSW South By Southwest Film Festival, 2012
Official Selection, Sheffield Doc Fest, Sheffield, UK, 2012
Open City Docs Fest, London, UK, 2012
Official Selection, Sheffield Doc Fest, Sheffield, UK, 2012
Open City Docs Fest, London, UK, 2012
