Chronic exposure to loud sound leads to noise-induced hearing loss. This is especially
common in collegiate-level musicians. Existing methods for estimating exposure typically do …

BACKGROUND: Does wearing musicians' earplugs while performing affect the quality of the
performance? Can listeners perceive a difference in sound when musicians are performing …

Purpose Yakshagana is a type of folk-art theatre portraying mythological and historical
stories. It includes artists who play predominantly percussion instruments besides cymbals …

Yakshagana is an India's traditional folk theatre musical dance drama. The purpose of the
study is to profile audiological characteristics and document hearing-related symptoms in …

La exposición a ruidos fuertes puede causar pérdida de audición; la hipoacusia generada
por ruido (NlHL, por su sigla en inglés) es una de las causas más comunes de pér-dida …

This thesis proposes a system design that will be suitable for applying active noise control
(ANC) effectively to live musical instruments. The design consists of three parts: a signal …

There has been minimal research comparing the daily noise exposure of student music
majors to student non-music majors. There has also been limited research on the hearing of …

Numerous studies on noise exposure and hearing loss risk of musicians playing in
symphonic or chamber ensembles have been published in the literature. Typically, such …

The research reported in this dissertation was carried out in order to determine the exposure
of musicians to sound during their professional activities. The sound level was measured …