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ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Loud Music and Leisure Noise Is a Common Cause of Chronic Hearing Loss, Tinnitus and Hyperacusis.

Martin Pienkowski

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In one paragraph

Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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26citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
15.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. What is the safe noise exposure level to prevent noise-induced hearing loss?Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2025
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  12. Recreational music exposure and hearing health in young adults.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2024
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  13. Risk of noise-induced hearing loss in the spine surgeon.North American Spine Society journal · 2024
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  20. New Indicators for the Assessment and Prevention of Noise Nuisance.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Martin PienkowskiOsborne College of Audiology, Salus University, Elkins Park, PA 19027, USA.
Salus University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High sound levels capable of permanently damaging the ear are experienced not only in factories and war zones but in concert halls, nightclubs, sports stadiums, and many other leisure environments. This review summarizes evidence that loud music and other forms of "leisure noise" are common causes of noise-induced hearing loss, tinnitus, and hyperacusis, even if audiometric thresholds initially remain within clinically normal limits. Given the huge global burden of preventable noise-induced hearing loss, noise limits should be adopted in a much broader range of settings, and education to promote hearing conservation should be a higher public health priority.

Indexed as

Hearing Loss, Noise-InducedMusicTinnitusHumansHyperacusisLeisure ActivitiesNoisehearing losshyperacusismusicnoisetinnitus

Identifiers

PMID33923580
PMCPMC8073416
OpenAlexW3153942185

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