Hearing and loud music exposure in a group of adolescents at the ages of 14-15 and retested at 17-18
| Autor: | Carlos Curet, Jorge Pérez Villalobo, Mónica Abraham, María R Yacci, María de Los Angeles Hinalaf, Mario R Serra, Marta Pavlik, Ester C Biassoni, Andrea Righetti, Silvia Joekes |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Sound Spectrography Adolescent Hearing loss Cross-sectional study Otoacoustic Emissions Spontaneous Argentina Audiology Social Environment Adolescents behavioral disciplines and activities hearing health promotion musical exposure lcsh:RC963-969 Speech and Hearing Risk Factors medicine Humans Longitudinal Studies Auditory Fatigue hearing function Absolute threshold of hearing medicine.diagnostic_test Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Auditory Threshold MP3-Player lcsh:Otorhinolaryngology medicine.disease lcsh:RF1-547 humanities Test (assessment) Cross-Sectional Studies Hearing Loss Noise-Induced Otorhinolaryngology lcsh:Industrial medicine. Industrial hygiene Audiometry Pure-Tone Recreation Female Audiometry medicine.symptom Noise Psychology Auditory fatigue Music Noise-induced hearing loss Loud music |
| Zdroj: | Noise and Health, Vol 16, Iss 72, Pp 331-341 (2014) |
| ISSN: | 1463-1741 |
| Popis: | Young people expose themselves to potentially damaging loud sounds while leisure activities and noise induced hearing loss is diagnosed in increasing number of adolescents. Hearing and music exposure in a group of adolescents of a technical high school was assessed at the ages of: 14-15 (test) and 17-18 (retest). The aims of the current study were: (1) To compare the auditory function between test and retest; (2) to compare the musical exposure levels during recreational activities in test and retest; (3) to compare the auditory function with the musical exposure along time in a subgroup of adolescents. The participants in the test were 172 male; in the retest, this number was reduced to 59. At the test and retest the conventional and extended high frequency audiometry, transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs) and recreational habits questionnaire were performed. In the test, hearing threshold levels (HTLs) were classified as: Normal (Group 1), slightly shifted (Group 2), and significantly shifted (Group 3); the Musical General Exposure (MGE), categorized in: Low, moderate, high, and very high exposure. The results revealed a significant difference (P < 0.0001) between test and retest in the HTL and global amplitude of TEOAEs in Group 1, showing an increase of the HTL and a decrease TEOAEs amplitude. A subgroup of adolescents, with normal hearing and low exposure to music in the test, showed an increase of the HTL according with the categories of MGE in the retest. To implement educational programs for assessing hearing function, ear vulnerability and to promote hearing health, would be advisable. |
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