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Understanding Why People Enjoy Loud Sound, presented in partnership with Seminars in Hearing

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1.  Currently, our society tends to treat loud music as: Fun and exciting. Dangerous and unpleasant. A necessary by-product of other processes. The most dangerous stimulus for noise-induced hearing loss.

2.  What is the perceived benefit of loud sound? Loud sound enables sleep. Loud sound causes hearing loss Masking of both external sound and unwanted thoughts. To mask personal identity.

3.  The "C" in the CAALM Model stands for: Conditioning Comparison Calculating None of the above

4.  What is meant by auditory adaptation? Processes such as inserting earplugs or otherwise attenuating sound. Turning down the volume on music amplifiers. Changes in the sensory cells and neurons of the auditory system in response to the ambient sound levels. Raising one's voice to talk in noisy rooms.

5.  What are the soundscape dimensions of relevance to the perception of music in nightclubs? Fun and Excitement Speed and Activation Loudness and Pitch Eventfulness and Pleasantness

6.  What are the three main components of the theory of why people like loud sound proposed here? Earplugs should be worn in nightclubs, workplace noise should be reduced, and personal audio systems should be volume-limited. The enjoyment of loud sound is conditioned, acculturation to loud music occurs, and tolerance to loud sound occurs via physiological adaptation. Loud sound is fun, bars play it, and people want it. Everybody likes loud sound and nightclubs meet that desire

7.  The WHO estimates ___ million people have noise-induced hearing loss. 40 million 50 million 60 million 70 million

8.  Which is the most important component of the CAALM Model? Adaptation Conditioning Acculturation All are important

9.  We tried to conduct hearing-health promotion in nightclub workers. Which areas improved? Knowledge, attitudes, and supports for healthy hearing behavior. Attitudes towards hearing. Knowledge about hearing loss. There was no improvement.

10.  Self-reported behaviour around loud sound did not improve after our intervention. What do we think is the most likely explanation? The intervention had no effect. We could not prevent people's ears adapting to noisy environments. The acculturation to loud music was hard to break. People listened to music on their phones.