In a Study, How Accurate Is Self-Reporting?

Ever wonder how honest you’d be if asked about how loud you crank up your music? This fun study, co-authored by our own Dr. Brian Fligor, digs into how accurate people are when reporting their portable listening device (PLD) habits. The researchers compared what 52 young adults (ages 18–29) said about their listening habits with actual data collected through a nifty dosimetry system that monitored their listening for a week.

 

Spoiler alert: not everyone was as honest as they thought!

 

It’s eye-opening to see how self-reports stack up against real data. Read about it and you might learn something surprising about your own listening habits. Plus, the study shows off a cool new tool for researchers and clinicians to estimate noise exposure when high-tech monitoring isn’t an option. Dive into the details and learn how to keep your ears safe from music-induced hearing loss!

 

Read the entire article HERE: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23373741/

 

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