Safe Sound: Highlighting Electronic Dance Music Attendees' Unique Hearing Protection Practices.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies suggest electronic dance music attendees (EDMAs) may use hearing protection (HP) more than non-EDM attendees (non-EDMAs), but reasons remain unclear. This study explores EDMA community characteristics that may explain this disparity and strategies to increase non-EDMAs' HP use.

Methods

An anonymous survey was distributed to online music forums. Descriptive statistics, t tests, and Pearson's chi-square tests were conducted alongside propensity-score matching to analyze EDMA and non-EDMAs, accounting for demographics and attendance characteristics. Multivariable logistic and ordinal regressions examined factors related to use and increased frequency of general HP and high-fidelity earplugs (HFE), adjusting for sociodemographic, attendance, and symptom charac

SUBMITTER: Ayo-Ajibola O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12706568 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature