Effect of Sound Preference on Loudness Tolerance and Preferred Listening Levels Using Personal Listening Devices.

IF 2.1 Q1 AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY
Yula C Serpanos, Thomas DiBlasi, Jasmin Butler
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Background/Objectives: This study examined the effect of sound preference on loudness tolerance (LTLs) and preferred listening levels (PLLs) using personal listening devices (PLDs). The implication of this relationship on hearing health promotion counseling and practices using PLDs is discussed. Methods: Participants were 50 individuals, aged 21 to 90 years, with normal hearing or hearing loss. Listeners rated several sound samples (i.e., music, running speech, and machinery noise) played through a PLD using earphones according to their sound preference (i.e., enjoyable, acceptable, and unpleasant) and then self-adjusted the volume setting to their LTL and PLL for a sound sample in each sound preference category. Results: Most listeners judged music (70%) as enjoyable, running speech (54%) as acceptable, and machinery noise (84%) as unpleasant. No significant differences were found in LTLs according to sound preference, but PLLs for enjoyable sounds occurred at significantly higher levels compared with those deemed acceptable or unpleasant. Conclusions: Listeners using PLDs perceived LTLs and PLLs differently according to their sound preferences. PLLs occurred at significantly higher volumes for sounds deemed enjoyable when using PLDs. The implication is that hearing health counseling should include information to PLD users on the potential of altered loudness perception with enjoyable sounds, which may lead to higher and riskier PLD listening levels.

声音偏好对个人听音设备响度容限和偏好听音水平的影响。
背景/目的:本研究利用个人听音装置(PLDs)研究了声音偏好对响度容忍(LTLs)和偏好听音水平(PLLs)的影响。讨论了这种关系对听力健康促进咨询和使用pld的实践的意义。方法:参与者50人,年龄21 ~ 90岁,听力正常或听力损失。听众根据他们的声音偏好(即,令人愉快的,可接受的和不愉快的),使用耳机对通过PLD播放的几个声音样本(即,音乐,运行语音和机械噪音)进行评级,然后自我调整音量设置到每个声音偏好类别中的声音样本的LTL和PLL。结果:大多数听众认为音乐(70%)是令人愉快的,跑步的声音(54%)是可以接受的,机械噪音(84%)是不愉快的。根据声音偏好,在ltl上没有发现显著差异,但与那些被认为是可接受的或不愉快的声音相比,令人愉快的声音发生的pll水平明显更高。结论:使用pld的听者根据他们的声音偏好对ltl和pll有不同的感知。当使用pld时,pll的音量明显更高,声音被认为是令人愉快的。这意味着,听力健康咨询应该包括向PLD使用者提供信息,让他们了解愉快的声音可能改变响度感知,这可能导致更高和更危险的PLD听力水平。
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Audiology Research
Audiology Research AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY-
CiteScore
2.30
自引率
23.50%
发文量
56
审稿时长
11 weeks
期刊介绍: The mission of Audiology Research is to publish contemporary, ethical, clinically relevant scientific researches related to the basic science and clinical aspects of the auditory and vestibular system and diseases of the ear that can be used by clinicians, scientists and specialists to improve understanding and treatment of patients with audiological and neurotological disorders.
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