Strategies for the prevention of MP3-induced hearing loss among adolescents: Expert opinions from a Delphi study

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1257-1262

  Vogel, Ineke ^a   Brug, Johannes ^a,b   Van Der Ploeg, Catharina P B ^c   Raat, Hein ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Delphi study; MP3 players; Music induced hearing loss; Portable music players; Prevention and control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEARING LOSS; INTERNET; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MP3 INDUCED HEARING LOSS; MP3 PLAYER; MUSIC; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MUSIC; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 66049141247     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-2291     Document Type: Article

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