Course Details

Course # 20496
Clinical Verification of Custom-Fitted Musicians Earplugs

Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 12:00 pm EDT

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Course Abstract

Earplugs are commonly recommended as part of a hearing loss prevention program for musicians and music enthusiasts, but their performance is not often verified. This presentation will be the first in the 2012 NIHL Expert Seminar Series and will describe how to verify the attenuation performance of Musicians Earplugs using probe microphone measures.
Disclosure: This learning event does not focus exclusively on any specific product or service.

Course Learning Outcomes

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  • After this course learners will be able to identify the relative risk for typical music exposure of the musician and the concert attendee at a concert.
  • After this course learners will be able to explain how to determine the appropriate custom hearing protection and other interventions for musicians.
  • After this course learners will be able to explain how to use probe microphone measures to determine the sound attenuation properties of hearing protection devices.

Time-ordered Agenda

0-10 Minutes Introduction and background
10-20 Minutes Review of noise induced hearing loss
20-30 Minutes Description of design specifications of Musicians Earplugs
30-40 Minutes Methodology of using probe microphone to measure attenuation of HPDs
40-50 Minutes Examples of good and poor Musicians Earplug performance
50-55 Minutes Tips for working with musicians to enable successful adoption of Musicians Earplugs
55-60 Minutes Summary, Q & A

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Course Presenter

brian fligor

Brian Fligor, ScD, CCC-A

Director of Diagnostic Audiology, Children’s Hospital Boston

Brian Fligor, ScD, is Director of Diagnostic Audiology at Children’s Hospital Boston and Instructor in Otology and Laryngology at Harvard Medical School. His primary research interests are investigating causes of acquired hearing loss from ototoxicity and noise. Dr. Fligor’s work on potential for noise-induced hearing loss from using portable media players with headphones has received considerable popular media attention, including being spoofed on David Letterman’s show in 2005. He is principle audiologist in the Children's Hospital Boston Musicians’ Hearing Program (www.childrenshospital.org/MusiciansHearingProgram), a clinical service geared toward enrolling musicians and music enthusiasts in hearing loss prevention programs.

Disclosure: Non-financial disclosure. Etymotic Research, Inc., funded research 2005-2006 for a different project. No data from that study are included in this presentation, but there is a history of funding support between the presenter and the company that holds th

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