Waisman Center and Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA.
J Acoust Soc Am. 2024 Feb 1;155(2):1368-1378. doi: 10.1121/10.0024862.
Chronic exposure to loud sound leads to noise-induced hearing loss. This is especially common in collegiate-level musicians. Existing methods for estimating exposure typically do not consider genre- or instrument-specific variability in soundscape/spectral characteristics. We measured sound exposure levels (SELs) across instruments, bands, and genres at a university music school. We found (1) considerable variability in SELs across instruments and bands, (2) that Jazz musicians are consistently exposed to the highest sound levels, and (3) that spectral features of music differ between instrument type and genre, and based on room size. These findings highlight the need for tailored guidelines that moderate the implementation of hearing conservation initiatives for collegiate musicians.
长期暴露在大声响环境下会导致噪声性听力损失。这在大学生水平的音乐家群体中尤为常见。现有的暴露评估方法通常没有考虑到不同音乐类型和乐器的声音景观/频谱特征的特异性。我们在一所大学音乐学院测量了不同乐器、乐队和音乐类型的声音暴露水平（SEL）。我们发现：（1）不同乐器和乐队之间的 SEL 有很大的变化；（2）爵士乐音乐家始终处于最高声级环境中；（3）乐器类型和音乐类型不同，以及房间大小不同，音乐的频谱特征也不同。这些发现强调了需要制定有针对性的指南，以调节针对大学生音乐家的听力保护措施的实施。
