Facing the Music: Pre- and Postconcert Assessment of Hearing in Teenagers
Facing the Music: Pre- and Postconcert Assessment of Hearing in Teenagers
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DOI:
10.1097/mao.0b013e31825f2328
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发表时间:
2012-09-01
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
Holguin, Kirsten
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作者:
Derebery, M. Jennifer;Vermiglio, Andrew;Holguin, Kirsten
Objective: Determine the effect of exposure to a single rock/pop concert on pure-tone hearing thresholds and outer hair cell function in teenagers.Study Design: Repeated measures pre- and postconcert assessment of hearing.Setting: Mobile hearing conservation test vehicle and large indoor concert venue.Subjects: Twenty-nine normal-hearing teenagers and young adults ages 13 to 20 years.Intervention: Attendance at a public rock/pop concert.Main Outcome Measures: Pre- and postconcert pure-tone thresholds in both ears from 500 Hz to 8 kHz, pure-tone average (PTA) for 2, 3, and 4 kHz, distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs), proportion of subjects experiencing a PTA change of 10 dB or greater.Results: Concert sound levels at the subjects' position averaged 98.5 dBA. Only 3 subjects used the hearing protection provided. Thresholds for 2 to 6 kHz increased significantly from pre- to postconcert (p