Temporary Threshold Shift after Exposure to Pop Music
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Audiology
- Vol. 7 (3) , 127-135
- https://doi.org/10.3109/01050397809076279
Abstract
Temporary threshold shift (TTS) was studied in pop musicians as well as in listeners. It appears that TTS is less pronounced in pop musicians than in listeners. This can only in part be explained by slightly inferior hearing threshold levels than in the audience before exposure. Further, male listeners showed more TTS than female listeners. After 2 hours of exposure to live pop music a TTS2 appears in pop musicians after an exposure to 98 dB(A) as opposed to listeners where TTS2 appears at 92 dB(A). When the present results are related to the CHABA risk criteria it seems that exposure to live pop music at 100 dB(A) for 2 hours is a limit which should not be exceeded if the risk of permanent hearing loss is to be avoided.Keywords
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