PENGARUH PENGGUNAAN EARPHONE TERHADAP GANGGUAN PENDENGARAN
Abstract
Purpose: to know the correlation between earphone use in listening activity
toward hearing disorders.
Method: observational research that is conducted by using cross sectional
approach. Data analysis is done by using Gamma method. The respondents are
16-28 years old and often use earphone. These respondents are rated by
questionnaire obtained from Department of Acoustics Aalborg University Beatriz
Gutierrez Camarero Irene Moledero Domingues.
Result: There are 45 respondents (36 of them are 16-22 years old and 9 of them
are 23-28 years old) who often use earphone. The highest intensity of earphone
use is ≤ 3 hours in a week (26 respondents/57.8%), the longest duration of
earphone use is 1-5 years (21 respondents/46.7%), and the most used devices are
MP3, cellphone, portable radio, PDA (44 respondents/97.8%). There is no
significant relation (P=0,05) between the intensity of earphone use, the duration
of earphone use, and the type of device toward the frequency of audiometry result.
Conclusion: Statistically, there is no significant correlation between listening to
sound through the earphone device toward hearing disorder.