[Is it dangerous to patronize discotheques?].
Sound levels measured during 6 music-exhibitions are situated, for the equivalent level (Leq), between 92 and 105 dB(A), and peaks of 120 dB(A) have been measured. Audiograms recorded before and after the exhibitions show a great auditive fatigue. Musicians and usual spectators present in comparison with nonexposed subjects of the same age a lightly impaired sensibility of hearing.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001299:Audiometry; D005221:Fatigue / Q000209:etiology; D006317:Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced; D006801:Humans; D009622:Noise / Q000009:adverse effects*
Est-il dangereux de fréquenter les discothèques?