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Journal of Current Pediatric Research | Volume: 22
The risk of hearing damage in musicians who play the wind instruments
Monika Rogoz, Renata Bakalarz
and
Sylwia Lisowska
Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland
Background:
Musicians are often exposed to sound levels that
outweigh the values of acceptable noise levels. Exposure to
sound levels that pose a risk of hearing damage occurs both
during rehearsals and during concerts. The aimof this studywas
to check self- assessment of hearing ability andevaluationof risk
of hearing impairment in musicians playing wind instruments.
Material and methods:
Questionnaire inquiries were carried
out in 46 musicians who play the wind instruments, 18 women
and 28 men in the age of 26-44 [33.5±5.25] years with higher
education took part in this research. The average period of
playing the instruments among study participants was [20.02
±4.75] years. These people play in orchestras and work in music
schools.
Results:
In the group covered by the study, there were people
who spent more than 20 hours a week playing the instrument
(84.8%). Every tenth respondent (10.9%) indicated the number
of hours in the range from 15 to 20 hours, 4.3% - from 10 to 15
hours. None of the respondents declared that they devote less
than 10 hours to playing the instrument.
Most of the respondents noticed the impact of working as a
musician-instrumentalist on the deterioration of hearing. 34.8%
of the respondents were convinced of this, and 41.3% declared
that theyhearing ratherdeteriorated. The remaining respondents
indicated negative answers: 17.4%-“rather not”, 6.5%-“no”.
All respondents (100%) declared that they are aware of the risk
of hearing loss due to the type of work performed. The use of
hearing protectors while playing the instrument was declared
by only 6.5% of the respondents. The remaining 93.5% of the
respondents were those who did not use hearing protectors.
The respondents declared that they were testing their hearing
at least every two years: 69.6% indicated that they had to
perform the test at least once a year, and the remaining 30.4%
of those surveyed were tested less frequently than once a year,
but at least once every two years. None of the respondents
indicated that they perform the test every 3 years or that they
do not perform such tests at all.
Conclusion:
The profession of wind instrumental music is
associated with excessive exposure to noise. As a result, this
activity increases the risk of hearing impartment.
Speaker Biography
Monika Rogoz is a physiotherapist by profession. She graduated from Jagiellonian
University Medical College, Faculty of Health Sciences. She works in a Medical Security
Team. She is a PhD student at the Jagiellonian University Medical College. She is
interested in the ergonomics and physiology of physical activity. How does the body
behave during all sorts of physical exertion and the mechanism of playing the wind
instruments and overloading of the hearing, respiratory and musculo-skeletal systems.
e:
monia_rogoz@wp.plNotes:
Monika Rogoz et al.
, Pediatrics & Primary HealthCare 2018, Volume 22
DOI: 10.4066/0971-9032-C1-003