Until now, exposures to loud music are not regarded as occupational hazards. However, investigations indicate severe hearing loss resulting from long-term listening to loud music. Averaged audiograms measured on groups of students show systematically increasing permanent threshold shifts. A hypothesis is presented explaining why loud music causes PTS increase among some listeners, while exposures to similar sounds may be harmless to other people.

Authors: Whitehead, Gordon; Roland-Mieszowski, Marek; Papanikolaou, George; Budzynski, Gustaw K.
Affiliations: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada ; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece ; Sound Engineering Dept., Technical University, Gdansk, Poland(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Convention: 92 (March 1992) Paper Number: 3312
Publication Date: March 1, 1992
Subject: Psychoacoustics

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