Total leisure noise exposure and its association with hearing loss among adolescents
| Autor: | Hermann Fromme, Knut Dehnert, Thomas Steffens, D Twardella, Gabriele Bolte, U. Raab, Carmelo Perez-Alvarez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Linguistics and Language medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Adolescent Hearing loss Leisure time Audiology Risk Assessment Language and Linguistics Young Adult Speech and Hearing Leisure Activities Noise exposure Hearing Risk Factors medicine Humans Association (psychology) medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Age Factors Auditory Threshold Mean age Tympanometry Noise Cross-Sectional Studies Acoustic Impedance Tests Hearing Loss Noise-Induced Adolescent Behavior Audiometry Pure-Tone Female Self Report Audiometry medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Audiology. 54:665-673 |
| ISSN: | 1708-8186 1499-2027 |
| DOI: | 10.3109/14992027.2015.1030510 |
| Popis: | Objective: To investigate total leisure noise exposure among adolescents and to assess its association with hearing. Design: Based on self-reported time spent on 19 leisure activities and associated mean sound pressure levels reported in the literature, total leisure noise exposure was evaluated and compared to noise at work limits (> 85 dB(A) = hazardous) in a cross-sectional survey. Tympanometry and pure-tone audiometry was performed in sound isolated rooms. Study sample: The study sample consists of 2143 pupils attending grade nine in any school in a German city 2009–2011 (mean age: 15.4 years; range: 13–19 years). Audiometric data were available for 1837 (85.8%) pupils (53.9% girls). Results: 41.9% of the 2143 adolescents who had provided self-reported data on leisure activities associated with noise exposure were estimated to be hazardously exposed to leisure time noise. The interaction of gender with total leisure time noise exposure was not significant. No association between leisure time noise exposure and audiometric notches could be detected. Conclusion: While hearing loss seems seldom in this age group, a high proportion of adolescents aged 15–16 years are exposed to noise levels during leisure time bearing long-term risks of hearing loss. |
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