Typical noise exposure in daily life

Flamme, Gregory A.; Stephenson, Mark R.; Deiters, Kristy; Tatro, Amanda; VanGessel, Devon; Geda, Kyle; Wyllys, Krista; McGregor, Kara

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Typical noise exposure in daily life

Published Date:

Feb 2012

Publisher's site:

http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/14992027.2011.635316 New Site Icon

Source:

Int J Audiol. 51(0 1):S3-11.

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Personal Authors:

Flamme, Gregory A. ; Stephenson, Mark R. ; Deiters, Kristy ; Tatro, Amanda ; VanGessel, Devon ; ... More ▼

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Pubmed ID:

22264061

Pubmed Central ID:

PMC4685462

Description:

Objective

Identify the distribution of typical noise levels present in daily life and identify factors associated with average sound levels.

Design

This was an observational study.

Study sample

Participants (N = 286) were 20 to 68 year old men and women, drawn from the general population of Kalamazoo County, Michigan . A total of 73 000 person-hours of noise monitoring were conducted.

Results

Median overall daily average levels were 79 and 77 dBLeqA,8,equiv , with average levels exceeding EPA recommended levels for 70% of participants. Median levels were similar between the hours of 9 a.m. and 9 p.m., and varied little across days of the week. Gender, occupational classification, and history of occupational noise exposure were related to average noise levels, but age, educational attainment, and non-occupational noise exposures were not.

Conclusions

A large portion of the general population is exposed to noise levels that could result in long-term adverse effects on hearing. Gender and occupation were most strongly related to exposure, though most participants in this study had occupations that are not conventionally considered noisy.

Document Type:

Journal Article

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CDC Public Access

Funding:

CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
CDC/NIOSH 211-2009-31218/PHS HHS/United States

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