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Providing earplugs to young adults at risk encourages protective behaviour in music venues
(Sage Publications, 2014-09)
For some young people, nightclubs and other music venues are a major source of noise exposure arising from a combination of very high noise levels; relatively long attendance duration; and frequent, sustained participation ...
A snapshot of young adults’ noise exposure reveals evidence of ‘Binge Listening’
(2013)
There have been several previous studies into daily noise exposure levels in modern urban communities, which typically report mean noise exposure levels (LAeq) for adults between 73 and 79 dB. In this study, rather than ...
The NOISE (Non-Occupational Incidents Situations and Events) Database: A new research tool
(2013)
This paper describes the development of the NOISE (Non-Occupational Incidents Situations and Events) Database. The NOISE database currently contains 536 separate leisure activities and events, including noise level ...
Medical practitioners’ attitudes to hearing rehabilitation for older adults
(2011)
Objective: Medical practitioners have the potential to play a significant role in older adults’ help seeking behaviour in relation to hearing rehabilitation. The current study aimed to look at attitudinal factors that ...
Changing beliefs about leisure noise: using health promotion models to investigate young people’s engagement with and attitudes toward hearing health.
(2015)
Objective: To investigate factors influencing young people’s motivation to reduce their leisure noise exposure, and protect their hearing health
Design: Questionnaires were conducted online to investigate young people’s ...
Hearing protection for clubbers is music to their ears
(Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 2010)
Leisure noise exposure: Participation trends, symptoms of hearing damage, and perception of risk
(2014)
Leisure activities that emit high noise levels have the potential to expose participants to excessive noise exposure, which can result in hearing damage. This study investigated young people’s participation in high-noise ...