Table 1.

Percent of Subjects Within Each Academic Level Indicating Risk Factors for Noise Induced Hearing Loss According to Gender (n = 94)

Risk factors for NIHL	Male (%)			Female (%)
Risk factors for NIHL	Undergraduate	Graduate	Faculty/Staff	Undergraduate	Graduate	Faculty/Staff
Subjects that reported listening to devices for more than 4 hours/day^*	39	40	18	18	18	50
Users of any type of headphones^*	91	85	55	94	94	50
Subjects that reported listening at "somewhat loud" or "very loud" volume levels^*	70	45	27	35	24	17
Reported at least 1 symptom of hearing loss	30	50	36	35	29	50
Subjects were not concerned that entertainment devices could cause damage	22	10	9	18	18	0
Subjects that have not heard of NIHL	23	40	18	6	31	17
Subjects that believe NIHL is reversible^†	27	5	0	0	3	1

NIHL, noise-induced hearing loss.
* P < .05 for comparisons of responses from each academic level for both genders.
† P < .05 for comparisons of responses from each academic level for males only.