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 (%) | ||||
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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.