1. Hearing Loss in Singapore Teens?
In the United States of America, more than half of the high students report show symptoms of hearing loss, a possible result of listening to blaring music on popular digital music players. It is found that usage habits are potential detrimental to hearing health and any damage could also be part of the general noise of modern living – which people use MP3 players to shut out.
Music is being classified as:
As digital music players have come more popular among teenagers in Singapore, it is necessary to investigate if such music players do play a role in causing teenagers to show signs of hearing loss.
To determine the number of teenagers having musical devices
To investigate the number of hours spent on listening to musical devices using headphones
To find out the type of headphones used by teenagers
To find out the estimated volume set in the music player
To find out the number of teenagers, who own musical devices, face symptoms of hearing loss
To find out the type of music teenagers listen to
To determine the awareness of teenagers towards hearing loss
INTRODUCTION
RATIONALE
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
100 students, 13 – 19 years old surveyed
Loud
Soft
Classical Rock
Jazz
Hard Rock/Metal
Blues
Pop
Classical
Rhythm & Blues (R&B)
Folk/Traditional
Rap
Latin
Funk
Country
DEMOGRAPH
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SYMPTOMS OF HEARING LOSS
Hearing Loss in Singapore Teens?
Turning up Volume of Television Set or Radio
Saying “what” or “huh” during normal conversations
Perceive people’s voice as mumbled or muffled
Having tinnitus or ringing in the ears
Soon Yong Sen, Calvin Leuar Woan Keng Seow Zhi Yi Ow Jie Yu
No. of Teenagers
No. of Teenagers
This graph reflects the awareness of teenagers as to the possibility of hearing damage from using musical devices.
From the above graphs, it can be seen that MP3 players, Discman and other forms of musical devices are very popular among teenagers nowadays.
This graph shows the amount of time teenagers spend on listening musical devices.
The above graph shows the relation of type of music as to teenagers having hearing loss symptoms at times.
No. of Teenagers
Ear-plug Clip on
1 hr – 3 hr – 6 hr – 8 hr – 10 hr
No. of Teenagers
Musical devices are immensely popular in teenagers.
The type of hearing device used is a factor in the possible hearing loss
Also, the increased amount of time and volume also means increased possibility of hearing loss.
However, most of teenagers are unaware of the possible harms that listening to musical on these devices could bring about. Despite admitting to having symptoms of hearing loss.
This research has confirmed that the issue of hearing loss in teenagers is present in Singapore.
No. of Teenagers
CONCLUSION
Estimated Volume Set (%)
According to results, ear plugs are more detrimental to our hearing than clip on headphones similar to research findings that found ear plugs are more harmful reason being that it is closer to the listener’s ear drums hence more sound waves reach it.
Surprisingly, symptoms of hearing loss in teenagers seem to affect those who spend 4-6hours listening more than those who listen for even longer hours.
The above graphs shows that a high number of teenagers experienced hearing loss due to the volume of their musical devices being set at