Teenage use of portable listening devices: A hazard to hearing?

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 663-677

  Portnuff, Cory D F ^a   Fligor, Brian J ^b   Arehart, Kathryn H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Health belief model; iPods; MP3 players; Personal listening devices

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEARING; HUMAN; LISTENING HABIT QUESTIONNAIRE; LOUDNESS; MALE; MICROPHONE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PORTABLE LISTENING DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOUND PRESSURE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MP3-PLAYER; MUSIC; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84855536571     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.22.10.5     Document Type: Article

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