MP3 player listening habits of 17 to 23 year old university students

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 646-653

  McNeill, Kylie ^a   Keith, Stephen E ^b   Feder, Katya ^b   Konkle, Anne T M ^a   Michaud, David S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAILY USE; DIGITAL AUDIO; HEARING LOSS; INTER QUARTILE RANGES; MEDIAN FREQUENCY; MP-3 PLAYERS; POTENTIAL RISKS; SOUND LEVEL; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS; WORST CASE;

AUDITION; STUDENTS;

HEALTH RISKS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CANADA; FEMALE; HABIT; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MP3 PLAYER; MUSIC; NOISE INJURY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STUDENT; TIME; UNIVERSITY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HABITS; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MP3-PLAYER; MUSIC; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955790567     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3458853     Document Type: Article

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