Evidence of noise-induced hearing loss among orchestral musicians
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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 in the right. Noise exposure asymmetry did not appear to account for notch asymmetry as trombone and trumpet players showed evidence of the same left notch trend as lateralized instruments such as violin and viola players. The earliest audiometric indicator of impending NIHL for musicians may be a developing hearing threshold notch at 6 kHz in the left ear.
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