Audiometric database of academic musicians in Uruguay

Tomasina, Fernando - González, Alice Elizabeth - Pisani, Adriana - Tellechea Genta, Bettina - Clavijo, Gimena - Collazo Alza, Gabriela - De Patti, Lorena - Lozano Barra, Beatriz - Palermo, Silvia - Ramirez, Lady Carolina - Schrader, Ulrich

Resumen:

This paper presents the results of an interdisciplinary study at the Universidad de la República (Uruguay), in which hearing loss is assessed in a group of academic musicians, including lyric singers, choristers, and orchestral musicians. Methods: Audiometric records from 137 academic musicians were analyzed. The Average Hearing Loss (PAM) methodology, based on Lafon and Duclos combined with the ISO 1999:2013 Standard, was used to convert all the registers to the hearing loss at the age of 35, which were then organized into a permanence curve and compared with reference curves from the ISO 1999:2013 Standard. Results and Conclusion: The results presented here are estimated to represent more than 27 % of the total population of adult academic musicians nationwide. The findings suggest that academic musicians in Uruguay are at a higher risk of noise-induced hearing loss than the general population in the ISO 1999:2013 Standard.

Detalles Bibliográficos
2025
Audiometric Baseline
Academic Musicians
Occupational Hearing Loss
Hearing Loss
Hearing Health
Inglés
Universidad de la República
COLIBRI
https://mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/lamedicinadellavoro/article/view/16424
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12008/52708
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