Assessment of occupational personal sound exposures for music instructors.

ABSTRACT: Daily activities performed by music instructors generate high sound levels that could potentially lead to overexposure. Adverse outcomes associated with high-exposure to sound, such as hearing loss and tinnitus, can be especially devastating to music instructors as hearing is essential to both job performance and career reward. The primary objective of this study was to compare sound exposures of music instructors to recommended exposure limits. Secondary objectives were to identify high-exposure activities and to evaluate potential similar exposure groups by examining between- and within-worker exposure variability. Personal sound exposure measurements from music instructors were collected using dosimeters during full workdays for up to 4 weeks over multiple semesters at a university's sc

SUBMITTER: Crawford K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8091079 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature