Exposure to music and noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) among professional pop/rock/jazz musicians

Noise-Induced hearing loss among professional musicians

OBJECTIVES After presbycusis, noise exposure is considered the second cause of sensorineural hearing loss. Due to exposure to high-intensity sounds, musicians may be at risk of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). Given the importance of good hearing in music career, this study aimed to investigate the frequency of hearing loss and use of protective measures among Iranian musicians. METHODS In ...

Evidence of noise-induced hearing loss among orchestral musicians

An assessment of hearing thresholds among student orchestral musicians was carried out at the UCL Ear Institute in conjunction with the Royal College of Music (RCM). Audiogram data taken from 162 students (86 F, 76 M; mean age=23.7 years, SD=4.8) showed a statistically significant notch at 6 kHz in the left ear, indicative of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), but no significant notch was found...

Health surveillance for noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL).

Ross et al. [1] compared hearing loss in divers and offshore workers and concluded that current Health & Safety Executive (HSE) guidance on the assessment of audiograms is ‘in error’ and ‘inadequate’. Grading the sum of hearing thresholds at 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 kHz using the HSE ‘age-adjusted norm’ values [2], they found that the HSE scheme missed referring roughly half of people thought to have s...

Noise induced hearing loss ( NIHL ) : Possible long - term research projects

Noise exposure and hearing loss in classical orchestra musicians

Noise exposure and hearing loss was assessed in different instrument groups of a professional ballet orchestra. Those instrument groups experiencing the highest levels of exposure also had the highest pure tone thresholds. Critically, we found that thresholds were not uniform across instrument groups. The greatest difference in thresholds was observed at test frequencies above 2000 Hz, peaking ...