Hearing impairment Music induced hearing loss
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Klinische en Experimentele Audiologie
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Normal hearing participants - Aged between 18-75 years old - No reports of tinnitus - Hearing thresholds of 15 dB HL or better at octave frequencies between 0.25 and 8 kHz of both ears;Musicians: - Participants must have previously participated in the study conducted by E.J.M.Jansen in 2005 * 2006. - Currently employed as professional musician
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: If the subject for whichever reason cannot participate in the test. Examples include problems with concentration.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Long-term effects will be assessed in terms of changes in pure tone audiograms, speech-reception threshold in noise, OAE-grams, subjective and objective tinnitus perception, subjective judgement of suffering from diplacusis, and objective diplacusis measures in professional musicians in a period of 12 years. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Reference values for diplacusis at 500, 1000, 4000 and 6000 Hz (means and standard deviations) and reproducibility of the test will be assessed for normal-hearing listeners. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed