Does Pop Music Cause Hearing Damage?
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Audiology
- Vol. 16 (5) , 432-437
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00206097709071856
Abstract
Relatively few investigations have so far reported on the hearing in pop musicians. In summary, these have shown a sensorineural hearing loss in 5%. This study was carried out on 83 professionals working with pop music. Depending upon how hearing loss is defined, we found a sensorineural loss in 13–30% of the pop musicians. Hearing losses were slight. It appears that the risk for hearing damage for the audience is small. A limit for presentation of the music at 95 dB (A) is suggested as a compromise satisfying both audiologists and audience.Keywords
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