Survey of College Students on iPod Use and Hearing Health

Danhauer, Jeffrey L.; Johnson, Carole E.; Byrd, Anne; DeGood, Laura; Meuel, Caitlin; Pecile, Angela; Koch, Lindsey L.

doi:10.3766/jaaa.20.1.2

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“…Listeners using ear bud earphones are more at risk, because they fail to Fig. 3 Preferred level of loudness of headphones/ earphones (n = 917) attenuate high ambient noise levels and necessitate increasing volume for acoustic enjoyment [8]. Ear phones are the more common modality used by music listeners [9], as is also found in our study (86.5 %, n = 874), thus putting them in the higher risk group.…”

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Assessment of Knowledge of Harmful Effects and Exposure to Recreational Music in College Students of Delhi: A Cross Sectional Exploratory Study

Gupta

Sharma

Singh

et al. 2013

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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Exposure to loud sounds results in a mild to profound degree of temporary or permanent hearing loss. Though occupational noise exposure remains the most commonly identified cause of noise-induced hearing loss, potentially hazardous noise can be encountered during recreational activities. Unfortunately not much attention is being given to the increasing trend of prolonged exposure to noisy environment, in the younger generation of Indians. The purpose of our study was to know the knowledge of college students about the harmful effects of loud music, prevailing practices with regard to exposure to recreational music and the subjective effects that this exposure is causing if any. Cross Sectional survey of College Students (n = 940), from randomly selected colleges of Delhi University. Majority of students listened to music using music-enabled phones; earphones were preferred and 56.6 % participants listened to music on a loud volume. Effects experienced due to loud sound were headache (58 %), inability to concentrate (48 %), and ringing sensation in the ear (41.8 %). Only 2.7 % respondents used ear protection device in loud volume settings. Twenty-three percent respondents complained of transient decreased hearing and other effects after exposure to loud music. 83.8 % knew that loud sound has harmful effect on hearing but still only 2.7 % used protection device. The survey indicates that we need to generate more such epidemiological data and follow up studies on the high risk group; so as to be able to convincingly sensitize the Indian young generation to take care of their hearing and the policy makers to have more information and education campaigns for this preventable cause of deafness.

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Assessment of Knowledge of Harmful Effects and Exposure to Recreational Music in College Students of Delhi: A Cross Sectional Exploratory Study

Gupta

Sharma

Singh

et al. 2013

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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“…A different study 37 reported that those who use listen to music at high volumes while wearing headphones had alterations in attention and concentration, as well as another little-known problem -the formation of dermatitis and eczema on the ears. The researchers advised constant care, not only related to volume levels, but also the cleaning of the earphones.…”

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Amplified music with headphones and its implications on hearing health in teens

Herrera¹,

Lacerda²,

Lürdes³

et al. 2016

The International Tinnitus Journal

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Objectives:To analyze the habits and behavior of adolescents exposed to amplified music with headphones and its implications on their hearing health. Methods: One hundred thirty-one high school students, aged 15 to 18 years were given a questionnaire containing closed questions regarding their habits and behavior related to personal stereos use. It is a descriptive cross-sectional study and used the Chi-square test. Results: It was shown that 79% of young people make use of portable music devices, 61.83% have a habit of using them often, 34.35% have long periods of exposure, and 37.40% use them at high volume. In terms of symptoms, present were: difficulty concentrating 63.36%; the need to ask people to repeat what was said 64.12%; the need to increase the TV volume 43.51%; tinnitus 38.93%, excitability 38.93%; and 36.64% of teens say they are somewhat worried about losing their hearing through the use of personal stereos. For the preventive aspects, 90.84% believe that noise is part of society, 80.92% find it important to reduce noise pollution, 51.91% would like to know the influence of the noise/pollution, but 74.81% would not like to participate in projects with questions about hearing health. Conclusion: The youths in this study are making indiscriminate use of personal stereos with headphones, within a population at risk for hearing loss considering its habits. Hearing Health Promotion Programs are recommended for this population.

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“…However, youths do not seem to be worried about the harmful effects of intense sounds. It becomes clear when it is considered their attitudes in varied situations of sound exposure 9,10 , thus, it is important to perform researches about teenagers personal stereo users 11,12 . A symptom which is associated with improper sound exposure is tinnitus 3 .…”

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Hábitos e queixas auditivas de adolescentes usuários de estéreos pessoais

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Purpose: to characterize the habits and hearing complaints of teenagers with normal hearing users of personal stereos and connect them with the activity of the medial olivocochlear system. Methods: 21 subjects were assessed (between 12 and 19 years) with normal hearing. They answered a closed questionnaire concerning the auditory behavior and complaining of tinnitus and accomplished hearing evaluation: Audiometry, immittance, transient evoked otoacoustic emissions and Suppression Effect.Results: all participants of the study get exposed to music, the most them less than two daily hours. It was observed the presence of the suppression effect in the right ear in 66,67% and in the left ear in 61,90% of teenagers. Was not found significant association among the presence of the suppression effect between the ears, the genders, times daily noise exposure and absence of suppression effect. The sample of the teenagers reported having tinnitus, these, most reported tinnitus in both ears. Had significant association between the daily noise exposure and the presence of tinnitus and between the absence of the suppression effect of right ear and the presence of tinnitus. Conclusion: all the teenagers researched reported listen to music every day, the most them less than two hours per day. The most of teenagers presented suppression effect. The tinnitus complaint can be associated with the absence of suppression effect in the right ear. In addition, like longer the time of sound exposure longer also the presence of tinnitus complaint in these adolescents. Resultados: todos os participantes do estudo ficam expostos à música, a maioria, menos de duas horas diárias. Observou-se a presença do efeito de supressão na orelha direita em 66,67% e na esquerda em 61,90% dos adolescentes. Não foi encontrada associação significante entre a presença do efeito de supressão entre as orelhas, os gêneros e entre tempos de exposição sonora diária e ausência do efeito de supressão. Parte da amostra dos adolescentes referiu ter zumbido, destes, a maioria referiu zumbido em ambas as orelhas. Houve associação significante entre a exposição sonora diária e a presença de zumbido e entre a ausência do efeito de supressão da orelha direita e a presença de zumbido. Conclusão: os adolescentes pesquisados referiram ouvir música diariamente, menos de duas horas diá-rias. A maioria apresentou efeito de supressão. Houve associação entre queixa de zumbido e ausência do efeito de supressão na orelha direita. Além disso, quanto maior o tempo de exposição sonora maior também a presença de queixa de zumbido nestes adolescentes.

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Survey of College Students on iPod Use and Hearing Health

Cited by 69 publications

References 17 publications

Assessment of Knowledge of Harmful Effects and Exposure to Recreational Music in College Students of Delhi: A Cross Sectional Exploratory Study

Assessment of Knowledge of Harmful Effects and Exposure to Recreational Music in College Students of Delhi: A Cross Sectional Exploratory Study

Amplified music with headphones and its implications on hearing health in teens

Hábitos e queixas auditivas de adolescentes usuários de estéreos pessoais

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