Hearing Loss Induced by Loud Discotheque Music.

Prevention of adolescents' music-induced hearing loss due to discotheque attendance: a Delphi study.

Noise-induced hearing loss is a significant social and public health problem, which is found in increasing numbers of adolescents. Young people are particularly likely to expose themselves to potentially damaging loud sounds during leisure activities. Visiting discotheques is one of the most popular leisure activities of young people. Only a few minutes exposure to the sound levels played in di...

MP3 players and hearing loss: adolescents' perceptions of loud music and hearing conservation.

OBJECTIVE To explore adolescents' behaviors and opinions about exposure to loud music from MP3 players. STUDY DESIGN We conducted a qualitative analysis of focus-group discussions with adolescents aged 12 to 18 years from 2 large secondary schools (1 urban and 1 rural) for pre-vocational and pre-university education. The semi-structured question route was theoretically framed within the prote...

Peroxisomes Get Loud: A Redox Antidote to Hearing Loss

Pejvakin (PJVK), a protein originally identified in Persian families with sensorineural hearing loss, regulates peroxisomal dynamics and the antioxidant defense triggered by noise exposure in hair cells and auditory neurons of the inner ear. These findings bring peroxisomes to the forefront of noise-induced hearing loss research.

Noise priming and the effects of different cochlear centrifugal pathways on loud-sound-induced hearing loss.

Priming/conditioning the cochlea with moderately loud sound can reduce damage caused by subsequent loud sound. This study examined immediate effects of short-term priming with monaural broadband noise on temporary threshold shifts (TTSs) in hearing caused by a subsequent loud high-frequency tone and the role of centrifugal olivocochlear pathways. Priming caused delay-dependent changes in tone-i...

Effects of Sound-Induced Hearing Loss and Hearing Aids on the Perception of Music