Decreased Speech-In-Noise Understanding in Young Adults with Tinnitus.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Young people are often exposed to high music levels which make them more at risk to develop noise-induced symptoms such as hearing loss, hyperacusis, and tinnitus of which the latter is the symptom perceived the most by young adults. Although, subclinical neural damage was demonstrated in animal experiments, the human correlate remains under debate. Controversy exists on the underlying condition of young adults with normal hearing thresholds and noise-induced tinnitus (NIT) due to leisure noise. The present study aimed to assess differences in audiological characteristics between noise-exposed adolescents with and without NIT.

Methods

A group of 87 young adults with a history of recreational noise exposure was investigated by use of the following tests: otoscopy,

SUBMITTER: Gilles A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4923253 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature