'Cultural Insights into Adults' Hearing Awareness and Personal Listening Device Habits: A Survey Study.

IF 2.7 3区 医学 Q2 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES
Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare Pub Date : 2024-08-23 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI:10.2147/JMDH.S471986
Hala M AlOmari, Hanady Bani Hani, Sara Alhanbali, Zainab Aladasi, Mohammad AlMasri
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Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate adults' habits regarding personal listening devices (PLDs), associated factors such as tinnitus and hearing threshold shift, and their knowledge of safety measures, including the use of hearing protectors in noisy environments.

Design: A cross-sectional survey was designed and distributed online.

Study sample: Participants between the ages of 18 and 40 years were invited to complete the survey. The online survey was filled out by 274 individuals with an average age of 24.2 years (SD= 5.1 years). Based on age, the participants were grouped into young adults (18-23 years old, 151 participants) and adults (24-40 years old, 123 participants). The estimation of noise exposure was calculated based on self-reported responses of PLD use. Two categories emerged from this calculation: the participants with exposure lower than 80 dB were in the low exposure category (N: 196, 62.9 dB), while the participants with exposure higher than 80 dB were in the high exposure category (N: 78, 89.9 dB).

Results: Based on the age categories, most of the questionnaire answers were similar between the young adults and the adults, revealing similar habits in using their PLDs. However, the investigation based on exposure revealed differences, as the participants with high exposure levels were more likely to have hobbies that involved noise, and they were less likely to obtain hearing evaluations. Among the participants, 30% used their devices at the maximum volume level and on a daily basis. 33.5% reported experiencing worsening in hearing, 2.4% reported persistent tinnitus, 94.1% knew that hearing protectors were available but only 20.7% reported using hearing protectors.

Conclusion: The study concludes that adults are at risk of hearing loss due to unsafe listening habits. A discrepancy between knowledge and practice is apparent and needs to be addressed in young adults by increasing awareness of hearing loss, hearing protection and annual hearing evaluation.

成人听力意识和个人听力设备习惯的文化洞察》:一项调查研究。
研究目的本研究旨在调查成年人使用个人监听设备(PLDs)的习惯、耳鸣和听阈偏移等相关因素,以及他们对安全措施的了解,包括在嘈杂环境中使用听力保护器:研究样本:研究样本:邀请年龄在 18 岁至 40 岁之间的参与者完成调查。共有 274 人填写了在线调查问卷,平均年龄为 24.2 岁(SD= 5.1 岁)。根据年龄,参与者被分为年轻人(18-23 岁,151 人)和成年人(24-40 岁,123 人)。噪声暴露的估计值是根据自我报告的使用 PLD 的情况计算得出的。计算结果分为两类:暴露量低于 80 分贝的参与者属于低暴露量类别(196 人,62.9 分贝),暴露量高于 80 分贝的参与者属于高暴露量类别(78 人,89.9 分贝):根据年龄分类,青壮年和成年人的大部分问卷答案相似,这表明他们使用 PLD 的习惯相似。然而,根据暴露程度进行的调查却显示出了差异,暴露程度高的参与者更有可能有涉及噪声的爱好,而且他们获得听力评估的可能性较低。在参与者中,有 30% 的人每天都以最大音量使用设备。33.5%的人报告听力恶化,2.4%的人报告持续耳鸣,94.1%的人知道有听力保护器,但只有20.7%的人报告使用了听力保护器:这项研究的结论是,由于不安全的听力习惯,成年人面临听力损失的风险。知识与实践之间的差距显而易见,需要通过提高对听力损失、听力保护和年度听力评估的认识来解决青壮年的这一问题。
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Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare
Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare Nursing-General Nursing
CiteScore
4.60
自引率
3.00%
发文量
287
审稿时长
16 weeks
期刊介绍: The Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare (JMDH) aims to represent and publish research in healthcare areas delivered by practitioners of different disciplines. This includes studies and reviews conducted by multidisciplinary teams as well as research which evaluates or reports the results or conduct of such teams or healthcare processes in general. The journal covers a very wide range of areas and we welcome submissions from practitioners at all levels and from all over the world. Good healthcare is not bounded by person, place or time and the journal aims to reflect this. The JMDH is published as an open-access journal to allow this wide range of practical, patient relevant research to be immediately available to practitioners who can access and use it immediately upon publication.
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