Survey on noise exposure in leisure time activities of Japanese youngsters

摘要

In Finland, a questionnaire study about leisure-time noise exposure was conducted to 1069 young people of ages between 13 and 25. The aim was to accumulate knowledge for the risk of the hearing of young people to conserve their hearing in future. A questionnaire study of the same content as in the Finnish study, has been conducted to 1390 young people in Sendai. In this report, the results of the Sendai questionnaire study are presented. First, attributes of the respondent, their music preferences, and listening tastes are reported. Moreover, the ratings of loudness levels as well as subjective symptoms as effects of noise to hearing in everyday life, particularly in free time and leisure time activities are introduced. Information on hearing protectors, and the usage rate of heating protectors are also given.