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Ayurveda and COVID-19
Published in Srijan Goswami, Chiranjeeb Dey, COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2, 2022
One should avoid loud music or watching disturbing movies or programs before going to sleep (for obvious reasons). In the northern hemisphere, one should sleep with the head either to the east or north. On lying down it is best to lie on the back for eight breaths, on the right side for 16 breaths and then for 32 breaths on the left side; after that, one should allow the body to rest in its position of comfort.
Recent Advances In Otoacoustic Emissions
Published in Stavros Hatzopoulos, Andrea Ciorba, Mark Krumm, Advances in Audiology and Hearing Science, 2020
Recreational noise exposure due to personal listening devices and loud music exposure has been the topic of intense study, both for noise-induced hearing loss and for cochlear synaptopathy, also referred to as “hidden hearing loss”. The results of studies have been contradictory with regard to hearing loss in people who frequently use personal listening devices. A systematic review of 26 such studies was recently reported and helps to clarify the overall picture (Jiang et al., 2016). The results of the combined 26 studies showed that about 58% of participants exceeded the recommended 100% daily noise dose, particularly in the presence of background noise. Significant positive correlations were found among background noise levels and mean listening levels, as well as the proportion of participants exceeding the 100% daily noise dose. Moreover, significantly worse hearing thresholds were found in listening device users, and significantly poorer results were also found for OAE levels, even in participants with self-reported “normal hearing.” Thus, it is important that appropriate standards, safety recommendations, and effective educational strategies for daily music exposure dose be developed for hearing protection in order to help raise awareness, increase knowledge, change attitudes, and listening habits.
The Role of the Audiologist in Life Care Planning
Published in Roger O. Weed, Debra E. Berens, Life Care Planning and Case Management Handbook, 2018
William D. Mustain, Carolyn Wiles Higdon
In older children (and adults), one of the most preventable is noise-induced hearing loss. Most people will have reduced hearing as they grow older (especially after the age of 60); however, there are things individuals can do to try to preserve their hearing. Noise-induced hearing loss, once called “blacksmith's deafness” from the continual clanging of metal on metal, dates back hundreds of years. During World War II, it received much more attention because of the heavy artillery used in the war. Acoustic trauma from a single exposure may cause permanent hearing loss. Gradual hearing loss from repeated exposure to excessive sound can damage or destroy the delicate hair cells in the cochlea. Hearing conservation programs and hearing research programs (ASHA, 2006) have developed public education campaigns to alert people, especially adolescents and teenagers, to the damage caused to hearing with loud music. Wearing ear plugs or ear muffs to help block the loud sounds or music, limiting the time of an iPod session with breaks to allow your hearing to rest, and keeping the volume reduced are just a few suggestions included in a hearing conservation program. Table 10.3 shows the readers the decibel levels of some of the most common environmental sounds, and Table 10.4 lists the decibel levels of some musical instruments, as well as some types of music. Table 10.5 shows the noise exposure of sound in decibels for certain periods of time that may create hearing risk.
Evaluation of hearing protection device effectiveness for musicians
Published in International Journal of Audiology, 2023
Kathryn Crawford, Krista Willenbring, Faryle Nothwehr, Stephanie Fleckenstein, T. Renee Anthony
Musicians are at risk of hearing loss and other adverse auditory effects (e.g. tinnitus, hyperacusis) from exposures to loud sounds, generated by playing instruments or listening to and performing music with others. Previous exposure assessments have demonstrated that musicians are exposed above recommended limits, including professionals in orchestras (Schmidt et al. 2011; O’Brien, Driscoll, and Ackermann 2013), students in university bands (Miller, Stewart, and Lehman 2007; Walter 2011), and music instructors in schools (Behar et al. 2004; Hayes 2013; Crawford et al. 2021). Studies have found that musicians may experience a higher incidence of auditory disorders, such as hearing loss and tinnitus, than the general working population (Cutietta et al. 1994; Kähäri et al. 2003; Schink et al. 2014; Isaac et al. 2017). These disorders could be especially devastating to music careers as hearing is essential to music instruction and performance. Therefore, options to control loud music exposures for instructors and performers need to be explored.
“There are more important things to worry about”: attitudes and behaviours towards leisure noise and use of hearing protection in young adults
Published in International Journal of Audiology, 2018
The World Health Organisation (Hellmuth, Classen, and Kim 2012) states that the adverse health effects of noise pollution include cardiovascular disturbances, cognitive impairment, poor mental health, and negative social behaviour, as well as hearing impairment and sleep disturbances. This paper will focus on the adverse effect noise pollution has on hearing impairment. Exposure to loud noise can cause noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), which is a permanent hearing impairment resulting from prolonged exposure to high levels of noise (Clark 1991), and tinnitus; the perception of sounds in the head or ears in the absence of an external noise (Baguley, McFerran, and Hall 2013). In 2015, it was estimated that as many as 1.1 billion people could be at risk of developing NIHL (World Health Organization 2015). This is a significant social and public health problem. Those with hearing problems are more likely to experience reduced quality of life and social isolation (Dawes et al. 2015), and depression and anxiety (McCormack et al. 2015) than those without hearing problems, including young people who have experienced permanent hearing-related symptoms as a result of loud music (Vogel et al. 2014).
Caring for musicians’ ears: insights from audiologists and manufacturers reveal need for evidence-based guidelines
Published in International Journal of Audiology, 2018
Siobhan McGinnity, Elizabeth Francis Beach, Johannes Mulder, Robert Cowan
According to Australian workplace health and safety standards, if noise levels exceed 85 dB LAeq over an 8-h work day, exposure time should be halved for every 3 dB increase to minimize hearing injury in workers (Standards Australia 2005). There is discussion as to whether the same standards should apply in the music industry. Some argue that because music is not steady-state broadband industrial noise, but rather highly variable in terms of its dynamic range and frequency components, it may be appropriate to develop music-specific exposure standards that consider these differences (Staff-AES 2006). Nevertheless, the 85 dB/8-h exposure limit is the only damage-risk criteria currently available, and there is ample evidence that musicians and those regularly exposed to loud music are at increased risk of hearing injury and NIHL (Patel 2008; McIlvaine et al. 2012; Pouryaghoub et al. 2017).