What is this study about? We want to determine the prevalence of noise/music-induced hearing loss in music ensemble participants at UConn.
Who can participate? Any individual involved in music ensembles at the University of Connecticut who is at least 18 years old.
What will I have to do? The research study will take place in the Philips Communication Sciences Building. Participation will take about 1-2 hours scheduled at your convenience. You will receive a free diagnostic hearing evaluation including objective and subjective measures and will be paid $10/hour.
You may also be eligible to participate in a follow-up study that would involve wearing a small device that measures your exposure to music/noise across daily listening activities. For this follow-up study, you could get paid $100/week.
The research is conducted under the direction of Dr. Jennifer Tufts, Dr. Christine Hare and Dr. Erika Skoe of the Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Department.
If you think you may qualify and would like to participate, contact us MusiConnStudy@gmail.com
This protocol was approved by the UConn IRB, Protocol # H14-214 UConn IRB
For more information, contact: ABR Lab at MusiConnStudy@gmail.com