Perfect Hearing

Nubar Alexanian and his 14-year-old daughter Abby examine how his tinnitus and her hearing loss have affected their lives and shaped their relationship.

Best Documentary: Honorable Mention2004 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition

2004 / Abby Alexanian / Jay Allison / Nubar Alexanian / Transom.org, USA

Nubar Alexanian and his 14-year-old daughter Abby examine how his tinnitus and her hearing loss have affected their lives and shaped their relationship.

Perfect Hearing won a Best Documentary: Honorable Mention Award in the 2004 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. The story was first posted on transom.org in 2003.


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Abby Alexanian

Abby Alexanian worked closely with her father Nubar and Jay Allison on "Perfect Hearing".

Jay Allison

Jay Allison (@jay_allison) has been an independent public radio producer, journalist, and teacher since the 1970s.

Nubar Alexanian

Nubar Alexanian is a documentary photographer whose work has been regularly featured in major magazines in the United States and Europe.


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