Output sound pressure levels of personal music systems and their effect on hearing

Noise and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 44, 2009, Pages 132-140

  Kumar, Ajith ^a   Mathew, Kuruvilla ^a   Alexander, Swathy ^a   Kiran, Chitra ^a  

^a MVS College of Speech and Hearing   (India)

Author keywords

Distortion product otoacoustic emission system; Hearing loss; Noise; Output SPL; Personal music system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; MUSIC; NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL MUSIC SYSTEM; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SOUND PRESSURE;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; AUDIOMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; NOISE; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67749145292     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.53357     Document Type: Article

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