Browsing Journal Publications by Author "Gilliver, Megan"
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Adults who report difficulty hearing speech in noise: an exploration of experiences, impacts and coping strategies
Pang, Jermy; Beach, Elizabeth Francis; Gilliver, Megan; Yeend, Ingrid (International Journal of Audiology, 2019) -
Advancing tinnitus awareness through animation
Gilliver, Megan; Sewell, Jane; McGinnity, Siobhan; Beach, Elizabeth (The Hearing Journal, 2017) -
Changing beliefs about leisure noise: using health promotion models to investigate young people’s engagement with and attitudes toward hearing health.
Gilliver, Megan; Beach, Elizabeth; Williams, Warwick (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 ... -
Clubbers’ Attitude Toward Earplugs: Better with Use
Nielsen, Lillian Bjorn; Beach, Elizabeth; Gilliver, Megan (Hearing Journal, 2014-04)While earplugs have been identified as an effective way for patrons of loud music venues to mitigate the risks from noise exposure, such hearing protectors are rarely worn. Time and experience may change that, though, ... -
Discovering the unmet needs of people with difficulties understanding speech in noise 1 and a normal or near-normal audiogram
Mealings, Kiri; Yeend, Ingrid; Valerrama, Joaquin; Gilliver, Megan; Pang, Jermy; Heeris, Jason; Jackson, Pamela (AJA, 2020)Purpose: A proportion of people with a normal audiogram or mild hearing loss (NA-MHL) 24 experience greater than expected difficulty hearing speech in noise. This preliminary 25 exploratory study employed a design thinking ... -
Hearing Protection Devices: Use at Work Predicts use at Play
Beach, Elizabeth; Gilliver, Megan; Williams, Warwick (Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health, 2015)Use of hearing protection devices (HPDs) at work is widespread and well researched, but less is known about HPD usage in high-noise leisure activities. This study investigated 8,144 Downloaded by [National Acoustic Labs], ... -
Hearing protection for clubbers is music to their ears
Beach, Elizabeth; Williams, Warwick; Gilliver, Megan (Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 2010) -
Instrumental Music Teachers: Music Exposure and Hearing Loss
Beach, Elizabeth; Gilliver, Megan (2015) -
Leisure noise exposure: Participation trends, symptoms of hearing damage, and perception of risk
Beach, Elizabeth; Gilliver, Megan; Williams, Warwick (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 ... -
Medical practitioners’ attitudes to hearing rehabilitation for older adults
Gilliver, Megan; Hickson, Louise (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 ... -
The NOISE (Non-Occupational Incidents Situations and Events) Database: A new research tool
Beach, Elizabeth; Gilliver, Megan; Williams, Warwick (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 ... -
Providing earplugs to young adults at risk encourages protective behaviour in music venues
Beach, Elizabeth; Nielsen, Lillian; ; Gilliver, Megan; (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 qualitative study of earplug use as a health behaviour: The role of noise injury symptoms, self-efficacy, and an affinity for music
Beach, Elizabeth; Williams, Warwick; Gilliver, Megan (2010)The use of earplugs in loud music venues is confined to a small minority who wish to avoid hearing damage from excessive noise exposure. Using the framework of the health belief model (HBM), structured interviews were held ... -
A snapshot of young adults’ noise exposure reveals evidence of ‘Binge Listening’
Beach, Elizabeth; Gilliver, Megan; Williams, Warwick (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 ... -
Time to listen: most regular patrons of music venues prefer lower volumes
Beach, Elizabeth Francis; Gilliver, Megan (Frontiers in Psychology, 2019)High sound levels are a feature of nightclubs and live music venues, and therefore pose a risk to patrons’ hearing. As a result, these venues are often a focus area for hearing health promotion, and particular emphasis ...