ArticleNoise & health
Impact of usage of personal music systems on oto-acoustic emissions among medical students.
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- The Effects of Short-Term and Long-term Hearing Changes on Music Exposure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Is Noise Exposure Associated With Impaired Extended High Frequency Hearing Despite a Normal Audiogram? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Trends in hearingPooled it
- Transient-Evoked Otoacoustic Emissions May Reveal Damage to Outer Hair Cells Caused by Exposure to Recreational Noise: A Narrative Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
- The Effect of Various Patterns of Personal Listening Devices on Hearing Among University Students in Saudi Arabia.Acta informatica medica : AIM : journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia & Herzegovina : casopis Drustva za medicinsku informatiku BiH · 2022Article
- MET currents and otoacoustic emissions from mice with a detached tectorial membrane indicate the extracellular matrix regulates CaThe Journal of physiology · 2021Article
- Association Analysis of Candidate Gene Polymorphisms and Audiometric Measures of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Young Musicians.Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology · 2020Article
- Social Noise Exposure in a Sample of Slovak University Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Knowledge and practices related to the use of personal audio devices and associated health risks among medical students in Delhi.Journal of education and health promotion · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundIntact hearing is essential for medical students and physicians for communicating with patients and appreciating internal sounds with a stethoscope. With the increased use of (PMSs), they are exposed to high sound levels and are at a risk of developing hearing loss. The effect of long term personal music system (PMS) usage on auditory sensitivity has been well established. Our study has reported the immediate and short term effect of PMS usage on hearing especially among medical professionals.
objectiveTo assess the effect of short term PMS usage on distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAE) among medical professionals. MATERIALS AND
method34 medical students within the age range of 17-22 years who were regular users of PMS participated in the study. All participants had hearing thresholds <15 dBHL at audiometric octave frequencies. Baseline DPOAEs were measured in all participants after 18 h of non-usage of PMS. One week later DPOAEs were again measured after two hours of continuous listening to PMS. DPOAEs were measured within the frequency range of 2 to 12 kHz with a resolution of 12 points per octave. Output sound pressure level of the PMS of each participant was measured in HA-1 coupler and it was converted to free field SPL using the transformations of RECD and REUG.
resultsPaired sample t test was used to investigate the main effect of short term music listening on DPOAE amplitudes. Analysis revealed no significant main effect of music listening on DPOAE amplitudes at the octave frequencies between 2 to 4 KHz (t67 = -1.02, P = 0.31) and 4 to 8 KHz (t67 = 0.24, P = 0.81). However, there was a small but statistically significant reduction in DPOAE amplitude (t67 = 2.10, P = 0.04) in the frequency range of 9 to 12 kHz following short term usage of PMS. The mean output sound pressure level of the PMS was 98.29.
conclusionShort term exposure to music affects the DPOAE amplitude at high frequencies and this serves as an early indicator for noise induced hearing loss (NIHL). Analysis of output sound pressure level suggests that the PMSs of the participants have the capability to induce hearing loss if the individual listened to it at the maximum volume setting. Hence, the medical professionals need to be cautious while using PMS.
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