Extended high-frequency thresholds in college students: Effects of music player use and other recreational noise

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 725-739

  Le Prell, Colleen G ^a   Spankovich, Christopher ^a   Lobariñas, Edward ^a   Griffiths, Scott K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

EHF; Extended high frequency; Hearing loss; Music; Personal music player

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEMALE; HEARING TEST; HIGH FREQUENCY HEARING LOSS; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSICIAN; NOISE; NOISE STANDARD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; NOISE; REFERENCE VALUES; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887072984     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.24.8.9     Document Type: Article

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