Preferred listening levels of personal listening devices in young teenagers: Self reports and physical measurements

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 287-293

  Muchnik, Chava ^a,b   Amir, Noam ^a   Shabtai, Ester ^a   Kaplan Neeman, Ricky ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Personal listening devices; Physical measurements; Preferred listening levels; Self reporting questionnaires; Young teenagers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AWARENESS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HABIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEARING; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MP3 PLAYER; MUSIC; NOISE; NOISE INJURY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AUDIOMETRY; AWARENESS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MP3-PLAYER; MUSIC; NOISE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84858221133     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2011.631590     Document Type: Article

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