Potential hazard of hearing damage to students in undergraduate popular music courses

Medical Problems of Performing Artists

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 175-182

  Barlow, Christopher ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EAR PROTECTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MUSIC; NOISE POLLUTION; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULAR MUSIC; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUND; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650953862     PISSN: 08851158     EISSN: 19382766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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