How Loud Music and Noise Affect Hearing in College Students
Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/08/072299
- Lead Sponsor
- Visishta T
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. College students with recreational noise exposure (engaged in indoor/outdoor activities like use of PLDs, playing musical instruments, watching television, playing video games, attending clubs, music concerts, festivals, and movie theaters, during exercise and travel, etc.)
2. Between the age of 18-25 years
3. Both genders
Exclusion Criteria
1. Individuals with pre-existing middle ear disorders (middle ear infections, any history of middle ear surgery, tympanic membrane perforation, etc.)
2. Individuals with pre-existing hearing loss
3. Individuals with occupational noise exposure
4. Students studying speech and hearing
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.The hearing threshold will be measured using Extended high-frequency audiometry in dBHL. <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>2.The ENHDC questionnaire administered will provide an outcome measure of cumulative noise scores. <br/ ><br>3. The auditory processing abilities are measured using the SPIN which gives SNR score in dB <br/ ><br>4. TSF-AF test, which gives scores of IPD in HzTimepoint: All the above-mentioned tests will be assessed in a single point in time
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ILTimepoint: NI