title: Amplified music with headphones and its implications on hearing health in teens.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the habits and behavior of adolescents exposed to amplified music with headphones and its implications on their hearing health.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred thirty-one high school students, aged 15 to 18 years were given a questionnaire containing closed questions regarding their habits and behavior related to personal stereos use. It is a descriptive cross-sectional study and used the Chi-square test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It was shown that 79% of young people make use of portable music devices, 61.83% have a habit of using them often, 34.35% have long periods of exposure, and 37.40% use them at high volume. In terms of symptoms, present were: difficulty concentrating 63.36%; the need to ask people to repeat what was said 64.12%; the need to increase the TV volume 43.51%; tinnitus 38.93%, excitability 38.93%; and 36.64% of teens say they are somewhat worried about losing their hearing through the use of personal stereos. For the preventive aspects, 90.84% believe that noise is part of society, 80.92% find it important to reduce noise pollution, 51.91% would like to know the influence of the noise/pollution, but 74.81% would not like to participate in projects with questions about hearing health.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The youths in this study are making indiscriminate use of personal stereos with headphones, within a population at risk for hearing loss considering its habits. Hearing Health Promotion Programs are recommended for this population.
authors.affiliation: Fonoaudiologia, Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Herrera
authors.affiliation: Programa de Mestrado e Doutorado em Distúrbios da Comunicação - Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Adriana Bender Moreira de
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Lacerda
authors.affiliation: Programa de Mestrado e Doutorado em Distúrbios da Comunicação - Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Débora
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lürdes
authors.affiliation: Programa de Mestrado e Doutorado em Distúrbios da Comunicação - Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernanda
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.affiliation: Programa de Mestrado e Doutorado em Distúrbios da Comunicação - Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Patricia Arruda
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Alcaràs
authors.affiliation: Programa de Mestrado e Doutorado em Distúrbios da Comunicação - Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lúcia Helena
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006317:Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008144:Loudness Perception; D009146:Music; D009622:Noise / Q000517:prevention & control; D012682:Sensory Aids / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology
keywords: health risk; hearing; hearing loss; noise-induced; tinnitus