Effectiveness of earplugs in preventing recreational noise-induced hearing loss: A randomized clinical trial

JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 551-558

  Ramakers, Geerte G J ^a   Kraaijenga, Véronique J C ^a   Cattani, Guido ^a   Van Zanten, Gijsbert A ^a   Grolman, Wilko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; EAR PLUG; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSIC; NETHERLANDS; NOISE; PITCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOUND PRESSURE; TINNITUS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; SPONTANEOUS OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION;

ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TINNITUS;

EID: 84974782437     PISSN: 21686181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2016.0225     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Shargorodsky J, Curhan SG, Curhan GC, Eavey R. Change in prevalence of hearing loss in US adolescents. JAMA. 2010;304(7):772-778.
2. Smith PA, Davis A, Ferguson M, Lutman ME. The prevalence and type of social noise exposure in young adults in England. Noise Health. 2000;2(6): 41-56.
3. Bray A, Szymański M, Mills R. Noise induced hearing loss in dance music disc jockeys and an examination of sound levels in nightclubs. J Laryngol Otol. 2004;118(2):123-128.
4. Serra MR, Biassoni EC, Richter U, et al. Recreational noise exposure and its effects on the hearing of adolescents, part I: an interdisciplinary long-term study. Int J Audiol. 2005;44(2):65-73.
5. Derebery MJ, Vermiglio A, Berliner KI, Potthoff M, Holguin K. Facing the music: pre- and postconcert assessment of hearing in teenagers. Otol Neurotol. 2012;33(7):1136-1141.
6. Carter L, Williams W, Black D, Bundy A. The leisure-noise dilemma: hearing loss or hearsay? what does the literature tell us? Ear Hear. 2014;35 (5):491-505.
7. Zhao F, Manchaiah VKC, French D, Price SM. Music exposure and hearing disorders: an overview. Int J Audiol. 2010;49(1):54-64.
8. Clark WW, Bohne BA. Effects of noise on hearing. JAMA. 1999;281(17):1658-1659.
9. Howgate S, Plack CJ. A behavioral measure of the cochlear changes underlying temporary threshold shifts. Hear Res. 2011;277(1-2):78-87.
10. Le Prell CG, Dell S, Hensley B, et al. Digital music exposure reliably induces temporary threshold shift in normal-hearing human subjects. Ear Hear. 2012;33(6):e44-e58.
11. Liberman MC, Dodds LW. Single-neuron labeling and chronic cochlear pathology, II: stereocilia damage and alterations of spontaneous discharge rates. Hear Res. 1984;16(1):43-53.
12. Moore Brian CJ. Cochlear Hearing Loss: Physiological, Psychological and Technical Issues. 2nd ed. Cambridge, England: John Wiley & Sons Ltd; 2007.
13. Eggermont JJ, Roberts LE. The neuroscience of tinnitus. Trends Neurosci. 2004;27(11):676-682.
14. Moshammer H, Kundi M, Wallner P, Herbst A, Feuerstein A, Hutter H-P. Early prognosis of noise-induced hearing loss. Occup Environ Med. 2015;72(2):85-89.
15. Peters RJ. The role of hearing protectors in leisure noise. Noise Health. 2003;5(18):47-55.
16. Helleman HW, Dreschler WA. Short-term music-induced hearing loss after sound exposure to discotheque music: the effectiveness of a break in reducing temporary threshold shift. Int J Audiol. 2015;54(suppl 1):S46-S52.
17. Gilles A, Van Hal G, De Ridder D, Wouters K, Van de Heyning P. Epidemiology of noise-induced tinnitus and the attitudes and beliefs towards noise and hearing protection in adolescents. PLoS One. 2013;8(7):e70297.
18. Gupta N, Sharma A, Singh PP, Goyal A, Sao R. Assessment of knowledge of harmful effects and exposure to recreational music in college students of Delhi: a cross sectional exploratory study. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2014;66(3):254-259.
19. Quintanilla-Dieck Mde L, Artunduaga MA, Eavey RD. Intentional exposure to loud music: the second MTV.com survey reveals an opportunity to educate. J Pediatr. 2009;155(4):550-555.
20. Kraaijenga VJC, Ramakers GGJ, Grolman W. The effect of earplugs in preventing hearing loss from recreational noise exposure: a systematic review [published online March 3, 2016]. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2015.3667.
21. Opperman DA, Reifman W, Schlauch R, Levine S. Incidence of spontaneous hearing threshold shifts during modern concert performances. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2006;134(4):667-673.
22. World Medical Association. World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki: ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects. JAMA. 2013;310(20):2191-2194. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.281053.
23. Gurgel RK, Jackler RK, Dobie RA, Popelka GR. A new standardized format for reporting hearing outcome in clinical trials. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2012;147(5):803-807.
24. Benjamini Y, Hochberg Y. Controlling the false discovery rate: a practical and powerful approach to multiple testing. JR Stat Soc. 1995;57(1):289-300.