National Acoustic Laboratories, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The HEARing CRC, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Eur J Public Health. 2021 Feb 1;31(1):227-233. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa149.
Recreational noise-specifically loud music experienced at music venues-has been recognized as a hazard for hearing damage and associated pathologies such as tinnitus. In Europe and other countries around the world, there is a range of regulatory and legislative approaches to managing the sound levels and minimizing the risk of hearing damage for those attending music venues. It is important to have an understanding of these different approaches to inform the development of future regulations and legislation.
In December 2018, an online search of legislative instruments was conducted, and we identified 18 items that were aimed at protecting the hearing of people attending entertainment venues.
Twelve documents were from European jurisdictions and the remainder were from cities or states of North and South America. The regulatory measures included in the documents ranged from sound level limitations, real-time sound exposure monitoring, mandatory supply of protective devices, requirements for signage and warnings, loudspeaker placement restrictions and the provision of 'quiet spaces'.
European countries are well advanced in terms of providing legislation and other regulatory documents aimed at protecting people at entertainment venues when compared with the rest of the world. Future research is required to assess the effectiveness of these regulatory measures in reducing the risk associated with sound exposure at music venues.
娱乐性噪声——尤其是在音乐场所听到的大声音乐——已被认为是听力损伤和相关病理如耳鸣的危害因素。在欧洲和世界其他国家，有一系列管理音乐场所的声级和最小化听力损伤风险的监管和立法方法。了解这些不同的方法对于制定未来的法规和立法非常重要。
2018 年 12 月，我们对立法文书进行了在线搜索，确定了 18 项旨在保护参加娱乐场所人员听力的文书。
12 份文件来自欧洲司法管辖区，其余的来自北美和南美的城市或州。文件中包含的监管措施包括声级限制、实时声暴露监测、强制提供防护设备、标识和警告要求、扬声器放置限制以及提供“安静空间”。
与世界其他地区相比，欧洲国家在提供旨在保护娱乐场所人员的立法和其他监管文件方面已经取得了很大进展。需要进一步研究评估这些监管措施在降低音乐场所声音暴露相关风险方面的有效性。
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