Sound-Level monitoring earphones with smartphone feedback as an intervention to promote healthy listening behaviours in young adults
dc.contributor.author | Knoetze, Megan Clarissa | |
dc.contributor.author | Mahomed-Asmail, Faheema | |
dc.contributor.author | Manchaiah, Vinaya | |
dc.contributor.author | Swanepoel, De Wet | |
dc.contributor.email | dewet.swanepoel@up.ac.za | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-05-09T05:27:57Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-09 | |
dc.description.abstract | OBJECTIVES : More than a billion adolescents and youngsters are estimated to be at risk of acquiring recreational noise-induced hearing loss (RNIHL) due to the unsafe use of personal audio systems. RNIHL is preventable; therefore, the present study aimed to determine (i) the accuracy and reliability of dbTrack (Westone) sound-level monitoring earphones and (ii) the effect of sound-level monitoring earphones with smartphone feedback and hearing-health information as an intervention to promote healthy listening behaviors in young adults. DESIGN : The study consisted of two phases: the first phase investigated the accuracy and reliability of dbTrack sound-level monitoring earphones. Accuracy was determined by comparing earphone measurements to sound level meter measurements. Intradevice reliability was determined by comparing earphone measurements during test-retest conditions. Nineteen participants were recruited through convenience sampling to determine within-subject reliability by comparing in-ear sound levels measured by the earphones during test-retest conditions. For the second phase of the study, a single-group pretest-posttest design was utilized. Forty participants, recruited through snowball sampling, utilized the sound-level monitoring earphones with the accompanying dbTrack smartphone application for 4 weeks. The application’s smartphone feedback was disabled during the first 2 weeks (pretest condition) and enabled during the last 2 weeks (posttest condition). Average daily intensities, durations, and sound dosages measured during pre- and posttest conditions were compared. RESULTS :Phase 1 dbTrack earphone measurements were within 1 dB when compared with sound level meter measurements. Earphones were also within 1 dB in repeated measures across earphones and across participants. Phase 2 posttest average daily intensity decreased by 8.7 dB (18.3 SD), duration decreased by 7.6 minutes (46.6 SD), and sound dose decreased by 4128.4% (24965.5% SD). Differences in intensity and sound dose were significantly lower with a small and medium effect size, respectively. CONCLUSIONS : This study’s preliminary data indicate that dbTrack (Westone) sound-level monitoring earphones with a calibrated in-ear microphone can reliably and accurately measure personal audio systems sound exposure. Preliminary results also suggest that feedback on sound exposure using the accurate sound-level monitoring earphones with the accompanying dbTrack application can potentially promote safe listening behavior in young adults and reduce the risk of acquiring an RNIHL. | en_US |
dc.description.department | Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology | en_US |
dc.description.embargo | 2022-09-01 | |
dc.description.librarian | hj2022 | en_US |
dc.description.uri | https://journals.lww.com/ear-hearing/pages/default.aspx | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Knoetze, Megan; Mahomed-Asmail, Faheema; Manchaiah, Vinaya; Swanepoel, De Wet. Sound-level Monitoring Earphones With Smartphone Feedback as an Intervention to Promote Healthy Listening Behaviors in Young Adults, Ear and Hearing: September/October 2021 - Volume 42 - Issue 5 - p 1173-1182 doi: 10.1097/AUD.000000000000102. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0196-0202 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1538-4667 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.1097/AUD.000000000000102 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/85147 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Lippincott Williams and Wilkins | en_US |
dc.rights | © 2021 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. This is a non-final version of an article published in final form in Ear and Hearing: September/October 2021, vol. 42, no. 5, pp. 1173-1182. | en_US |
dc.subject | Recreational noise-induced hearing loss (RNIHL) | en_US |
dc.subject | Sound-level monitoring earphones | en_US |
dc.subject | Smartphone | en_US |
dc.subject | Listening behavior | en_US |
dc.subject | Young adults | en_US |
dc.subject | Hearing conservation | en_US |
dc.subject | Hearing intervention | en_US |
dc.subject | Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) | en_US |
dc.subject | Music-induced hearing loss | en_US |
dc.subject | Sound-induced hearing loss | en_US |
dc.subject | Personal audio system | en_US |
dc.title | Sound-Level monitoring earphones with smartphone feedback as an intervention to promote healthy listening behaviours in young adults | en_US |
dc.type | Postprint Article | en_US |
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