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2020 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

An Assessment of the Potential Risk of Hearing Loss from Earphones Based on the Type of Earphones and External Noise

Authors : Alethea Diana Villa, Ysabel Neena Gayahan, Manuel Vincent VI Chanco, Jeriko Merlo Reyes, Lizbeth Mariano

Published in: Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The prevalence of personal sound equipment (i.e. earphones) are undeniable, due to the convenience it provides in certain conditions. However, in certain environments earphones could subject users to unintended consequences like hearing loss. In this experiment, the researchers sought to identify the effect of external noise level and the type of earphones on the perceived satisfactory volume level and sound quality of a user. These were assessed through a three-phase methodology namely; benchmarking, data collection, and data analysis. From a pool of 22 respondents, the results show that people do tend to increase their perceived satisfactory volume level depending on the noise level in the environment and on the type of earphones they were using.

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Metadata
Title
An Assessment of the Potential Risk of Hearing Loss from Earphones Based on the Type of Earphones and External Noise
Authors
Alethea Diana Villa
Ysabel Neena Gayahan
Manuel Vincent VI Chanco
Jeriko Merlo Reyes
Lizbeth Mariano
Copyright Year
2020
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20497-6_27