Background: Risks to hearing health are an occupational health hazard faced by professional and student musicians. Risk factors include instrument and style of music played, amount of exposure, acoustic characteristics of venues, seating position in ensembles, and non-music noise exposure (O’Brien et al., 2008; 2013). There is evidence that tertiary students experience early hearing damage (Phillips et al., 2010; Olson, et al., 2016; Couth et al., 2020). They need to know how to mitigate hearing health risks but health information is often either absent or delivered separately from the core music curriculum (Evans et al., 2024). Aims: This study aimed to investigate: 1) hearing health and hearing-protective behaviours of entering music students at an Australian university; and 2) the extent to which including hearing health education as part of aural training impacted on student awareness and use of hearing protection. Methods: Following ethics approval, a lecture on hearing health was delivered in students’ aural training class early in the first semester of their degree, emphasising the importance of good hearing health for musicians’ auditory processes. After the lecture, students were invited to complete an anonymous survey (S1) to gather data on their daily music/non-music exposure time, use of hearing protection in varied settings, perceptions about their hearing, and audiological testing history. Students completing S1 (N=23) were offered a free hearing test by the university’s audiology department (N=11). Students were invited to complete a modified version of the first survey at the end of the semester (S2) (N=14). Results:S1 results revealed that 48% of students never used hearing protection. Students seldom or never used hearing protection when practising alone (83%), in ensemble rehearsals (79%), or when performing (83%). Only 35% had ever used hearing protection when listening to live performance. Students reported having experienced symptoms such as tinnitus (70%), hyperacusis (35%), distortion (13%) and diplacusis (9%). 55% had never had a hearing test. All students in the hearing test group had hearing thresholds within the normal range but expressed concern about sound exposure levels, and only two used custom-fitted musicians’ earplugs. 60% of students completing S2 indicated that the hearing health lecture had influenced them to use hearing protection. Average scores for affirmative responses about using hearing protection also increased between S1 and S2. Conclusions: Delivering hearing health education as part of aural training can highlight the relevance of hearing information for tertiary music students and encourage their hearing-protective behaviours.