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Listening Habits and Noise Immission Levels Associated with Personal Music Player Use in Young Adults
Authors
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Luciano Romero
Centro de Investigación y Transferencia en Acústica (CINTRA), Unidad Ejecutora del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) y Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Facultad Regional de Córdoba, Argentina; Escuela de Fonoaudiología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7988-3791
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Jorge Pérez-Villalobo
Centro de Investigación y Transferencia en Acústica (CINTRA), Unidad Ejecutora del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) y Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Facultad Regional de Córdoba, Argentina.
https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9577-0885
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Fermín Scaliti
Centro de Investigación y Transferencia en Acústica (CINTRA), Unidad Ejecutora del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) y Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Facultad Regional de Córdoba, Argentina.
https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1806-4878
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Maria Hinalaf
Centro de Investigación y Transferencia en Acústica (CINTRA), Unidad Ejecutora del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) y Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Facultad Regional de Córdoba, Argentina; Escuela de Fonoaudiología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina; Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Facultad Regional de Córdoba, Argentina.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1172-4306
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Abstract
Permanent hearing damage caused by using personal music players (PMPs) is preventable. However, young people persist in their unsafe listening habits, which lead to high noise immission levels (NIL). This study aimed to (a) analyze listening habits, noise immission levels, and types of headphones, and (b) to examine the noise immission levels of the spectral profile by one-third-octave bands for two types of headphones used by young adults. A correlational, cross-sectional study was conducted with 29 young adults (18–30 years) who completed a questionnaire on listening habits. Noise immission levels were measured using a head and torso simulator (HATS) during habitual listening (M1) and at the maximum output level of the PMPs (M2). The spectral profile was analyzed using one-third-octave bands. Spearman correlation analyses and ANOVA tests were performed to assess NIL across listening habits, headphone type (in-ear headphones [IEHP] and supra-aural headphones [SAHP]), and spectral profile. Levels exceeding 75 dBA were observed in young adults who used PMPs 4 to 7 days per week for 1 to 3 hours. The LAeq24h values calculated for these listening durations reached 81.49 dBA and 86.26 dBA, respectively. Comparisons between headphone types showed higher noise immission levels in SAHP. There was no interaction between the frequency spectrum, measurements, and headphone type. Spectral band immission was highest between 500 Hz and 1.6 kHz. Participants who used PMPs exhibited elevated NIL, with differences depending on headphone type and independent effects between measurement condition and spectral profile.
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