Sound exposure during outdoor music festivals
| Autor: | Tron Vedul Tronstad, Femke B. Gelderblom |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Acoustics Applied psychology Concert guidelines Norwegian music festival World health sound exposure level Tinnitus Young Adult Speech and Hearing Sound exposure lcsh:RC963-969 Humans Medicine Sound (geography) Holidays geography geography.geographical_feature_category Norway business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Music festival Noise dose Environmental Exposure Guideline lcsh:Otorhinolaryngology lcsh:RF1-547 language.human_language Hearing Loss Noise-Induced Otorhinolaryngology language lcsh:Industrial medicine. Industrial hygiene Original Article Female Guideline Adherence Health organization business Music Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Noise and Health, Vol 18, Iss 83, Pp 220-228 (2016) Noise & Health |
| Popis: | Most countries have guidelines to regulate sound exposure at concerts and music festivals. These guidelines limit the allowed sound pressure levels and the concert/festival's duration. In Norway, where there is such a guideline, it is up to the local authorities to impose the regulations. The need to prevent hearing-loss among festival participants is self-explanatory, but knowledge of the actual dose received by visitors is extremely scarce. This study looks at two Norwegian music festivals where only one was regulated by the Norwegian guideline for concert and music festivals. At each festival the sound exposure of four participants was monitored with noise dose meters. This study compared the exposures experienced at the two festivals, and tested them against the Norwegian guideline and the World Health Organization's recommendations. Sound levels during the concerts were higher at the festival not regulated by any guideline, and levels there exceeded both the national and the Worlds Health Organization's recommendations. The results also show that front-of-house measurements reliably predict participant exposure. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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