Association Between Portable Music Player Use and Hearing Loss Among Children of School Age in the Netherlands.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Portable music player use may have harmful effects on hearing. The magnitude and effect of frequent music exposure, especially at younger ages, on hearing are unclear.

Objectives

To examine the prevalence of noise-induced hearing loss in a 9- to 11-year-old population and associations with portable music player use and sociodemographic factors.

Design, setting, and participants

A cross-sectional study within an ongoing, prospective, birth cohort study within Rotterdam, the Netherlands was conducted. Between ages 9 and 11 years, 5355 children underwent their first audiometric evaluation. Children were excluded if they had missing or failed tympanometry results. The study was conducted from April 16, 2012, to October 25, 2015.

Exposures

Portable music

SUBMITTER: le Clercq CMP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6143000 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature