Factors increasing the risk for hearing loss in 'pop' musicians.
Hearing thresholds were determined in 83 'pop' musicians with an average age of 26 years, average exposure time of 9 years and average weekly exposure time of 18 hours. The following factors had a statistically significant influence (p 95) on hearing: ageing, brief exposure per session, long exposure time in years (2 kHz), participation in military service (250 Hz), listening to pop music with head phones (2 kHz).
D000328:Adult; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D009146:Music; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors