title: Temporary threshold shift induced by music.
abstract: Three groups of young people, in all 10 males and 11 females, with different music listening habits listened to their own choice of music from a portable cassette player for one hour. The sound pressure level from the music was measured with a probe-provided miniature microphone in the external auditory canal close to the tympanic membrane. The temporary threshold shift induced by the music, as well as by 1/3-octave band noise, was registered with Békéky audiometry. The females had significantly more temporary threshold shift than the males after noise-exposure. Most subjects had only discrete temporary threshold shifts after one hour of listening to music, in spite of 91-97 dB listening levels. There were no significant differences in listening levels or music-induced threshold shifts between genders, although such differences were found between groups with different listening habits.
authors.affiliation: Lindholmen Development Hearing Research Lab, Göteborg, Sweden.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Hellström
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Axelsson
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Costa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone / Q000379:methods; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D005260:Female; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009146:Music; D009622:Noise / Q000009:adverse effects; D013997:Time Factors