A Comparative Study on Auditory Reaction Time among Prolonged Headphone Users and Non-Users
- 1. Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, L.N.C.T. Medical College Indore, India
- 2. Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, M.G.M. Medical College Indore, India
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Introduction: There is an increasing public health concern about the effects of recreational noise, especially among young people who listen to music at high volumes at concerts and other events. The prevalence of noise-induced hearing loss among adolescents is rising, affecting 1.7% of the world’s population. Hearing loss can occur from Exposure to loud noises if it lasts too long. Aims and Objectives: This research aims to determine if regular headphones users have slower auditory reaction times than non-headphone users. Methods: Between May 2020 and April 2023, 80 patients who were seen in our hospital’s Physiology Department were surveyed for this study. Participants’ auditory reaction times were measured with the 0.001-second resolution, +1-digit accuracy Reaction Time Machine 653. To establish their baseline auditory reaction time, each participant undertook three trials. The average reaction time (ART) was then calculated and ART of both headphone users and non-users was compared. Results: There was no statistically significant variation in response time to any of the three auditory stimuli tested between the sexes in this study. However, using earphones significantly slowed auditory reaction time to the first stimulus but did not affect the second or third stimuli. Male participants’ reaction times increased significantly with earphone use for both stimuli, while female participants’ reaction times increased significantly with earphone use for both stimuli. Conclusion: The study has concluded a significant difference in auditory reaction time between headphones and non-users.
Abstract (English)
Introduction: There is an increasing public health concern about the effects of recreational noise, especially among young people who listen to music at high volumes at concerts and other events. The prevalence of noise-induced hearing loss among adolescents is rising, affecting 1.7% of the world’s population. Hearing loss can occur from Exposure to loud noises if it lasts too long. Aims and Objectives: This research aims to determine if regular headphones users have slower auditory reaction times than non-headphone users. Methods: Between May 2020 and April 2023, 80 patients who were seen in our hospital’s Physiology Department were surveyed for this study. Participants’ auditory reaction times were measured with the 0.001-second resolution, +1-digit accuracy Reaction Time Machine 653. To establish their baseline auditory reaction time, each participant undertook three trials. The average reaction time (ART) was then calculated and ART of both headphone users and non-users was compared. Results: There was no statistically significant variation in response time to any of the three auditory stimuli tested between the sexes in this study. However, using earphones significantly slowed auditory reaction time to the first stimulus but did not affect the second or third stimuli. Male participants’ reaction times increased significantly with earphone use for both stimuli, while female participants’ reaction times increased significantly with earphone use for both stimuli. Conclusion: The study has concluded a significant difference in auditory reaction time between headphones and non-users.
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2023-02-12
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