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Noise Exposure And Hearing Protection In Marching Band Students, Emily Myers
Noise Exposure And Hearing Protection In Marching Band Students, Emily Myers
Rehabilitation, Human Resources and Communication Disorders Undergraduate Honors Theses
The purpose of this research project was to investigate collegiate marching band members’ use of hearing protection during rehearsals and performances. A second purpose was to identify the concerns of marching band members about the use of hearing protection. Finally, the third purpose was to determine if the type of protection used, standard or custom, impacted wearing time. Hearing threshold sensitivity, tympanometry, and use of hearing protection were measured prior to the fitting of the custom earmolds and again at the end of the marching season.
Pre-season results indicated that the majority of band members reported they did not wear …