The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 152, Issue 3 , Pages 400-404.e1 , March 2008

MP3 Players and Hearing Loss: Adolescents’ Perceptions of Loud Music and Hearing Conservation

  • Ineke Vogel, MSc

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: I. Vogel, Dept of Public Health, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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  • Johannes Brug, PhD

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Esther J. Hosli, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Prevention and Healthcare, TNO Quality of Life, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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  • Catharina P.B. van der Ploeg, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Prevention and Healthcare, TNO Quality of Life, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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  • Hein Raat, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Received 28 December 2006 ,Revised 9 May 2007 ,Accepted 5 July 2007.

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 Supported by a grant (#2100.0107) from the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) Prevention Research Program. The work was done entirely independently of the funder.

PII: S0022-3476(07)00661-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.07.009

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 152, Issue 3 , Pages 400-404.e1 , March 2008

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