Survey of college students on iPod use and hearing health

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-27

  Danhauer, Jeffrey L ^a   Johnson, Carole E ^b   Byrd, Anne ^a   DeGood, Laura ^a   Meuel, Caitlin ^a   Pecile, Angela ^a   Koch, Lindsey L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; iPods; Nonoccupational noise exposure; Personal listening devices; Recreational noise exposure; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NOISE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONAL LISTENING DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MP3-PLAYER; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249090976     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.20.1.2     Document Type: Article

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