TitleTheEffectofLoudMusiconTeenageAudibilityAbstractInthisprojectwemadeaninfographicthattalksabouttheeffectofloudmusiconteenhearing.Weresearcheddifferentarticlesthathasstudiesontheamountofloudmusicpeoplelistentodaily.Afterdoingtheresearchwemadekeypointsofthedamagethatcausesthelossofteenhearing.Inourresearch,someofthemostinterestingfactswefoundisthepeoplewithgoodhearinghavetinyhaircellsthatlineintheinnerearthattransmitssignalstothebrain,whichareinterpretedassound.Listeningtoloudmusiccanflattenthesehairs,andalthoughtheynormallyspringbackintoplace,noisedamageoveralongperiodcancausethemtosnap.IntroductionMypartnerandIchosethisexperimentbecauseithasalottodowithourpeersandourlives.Thequestionthatwechosehasadirectcorrelationwithmanyotherexperimentsthatarebeingdoneonasimilarbasis.ThequestionisDoeslisteningtoanexcessiveorunreasonableamountofloudmusichaveanegativeeffectonteenhearing?Wearetryingtofindouthowoverlyloudmusicnegativelyaffectshearing.Inourhypothesiswestatedthatwiththeriseinpeoplelisteningtoloudmusic,overtimethewillbemorecasesofhearinglossintheteenagepopulation.Inourfinalproduct,andinfographic,wedescribevolumelevelinmanyimportpointswithdecibels.Adecibelisalogarithmicunitthatexpressestheratiooftwovaluesofaphysicalquantity,oftenpowerorintensity.WesuspectedthatloudmusicwoulddefinitelynegativelyaffectteenhearingbecauseinHearingLossRelatedtoMP3&iPodUsageandIsloudmusicruiningyourhearing?botharticleshasstrongargumentsandstatisticsonwhyandhowoverlyloudmusicnegativelyaffectsteenhearing.Weexpectthatinformationandstatisticswearelookingfortoputintoourinfographicwillbeeasytofind,andthisquestionhasbeenresearchedsooften.QuestionandHypothesisQuestion:Doeslisteningtoanexcessiveorunreasonableamountofloudmusichaveanegativeeffectonteenhearing?Hypothesis:Ifunreasonableamountsofloudmusicnegativelyaffectsteenhearingthenovertimetherewillbemanymorecasesofhearinglossintheteenagepopulation.Methods&MaterialsInthisprojectwedecidedtonotconductanexperiment,ortestsubjects,tofindananswer,butinsteadfindarticlesandstudiesthatdirectlycorrelatewithourquestion.TostarttheprojectoffweformulatedourquestionwithwasDoeslisteningtoanexcessiveorunreasonableamountofloudmusichaveanegativeeffectonteenhearing?AfterthatweidentifiedourdependentandindependentvariablesandcreatedahypothesiswhichwasIfunreasonableamountsofloudmusicnegativelyaffectsteenhearingthenovertimetherewillbemanymorecasesofhearinglossintheteenagepopulation.Thenwecollected10sources,whichwillbeaccessibleinthe

bibliographywhichwillbeattheendofthereport.ThemajorityoftheinformationwegotfromthewebsitescamefromsurveysthatwefoundfromWesynthesizedtheinformation,andpulledoutkeypointsthatwouldhelpusanswerourquestioninourfinalproduct.OurfinalproductwasainfographiccreatedonlineinawebsitecalledPiktochart.InthisinfographicIdescribedwhyloudmusicnegativelyaffectshearingaswellasincludingpicturestosupportmystatements.Attheveryendoftheprojectwewillprintoutourinfographicandhangitsomewhereintheschoolforthepublictosee.ResultsFortheresultofourexperiment,weprovedourhypothesistobecorrect.Thisisthetextthatisbeingincludedinourinfographicthatprovesourhypothesis,andshowsourresults.

4,400peoplearoundtheworld,betweenages1465weresurveyed,and85%saidthattheylistenedtotheirmusicwiththevolumeabove50%.

Onspecificappledevices,youshouldnotlistentomusicover70%,andbetween50%and70%youshouldlimityou'relisteningtime.

9%oftheUnitedStatessetsthevolumeatthefullpercent,and16%oftheU.S.areconstantlylisteningtomusicondevicesonadailybasis.

Beingexposedtomorethan85decibels(aboutthelevelthatteenslistentotheirmusictoday)ofsoundforeighthourscandamageyourhearing.

Peoplewithgoodhearinghavetinyhaircellsthatlinetheinnerearandthesetransmitsignalstothebrain,whichareinterpretedassound.

Listeningtoloudmusiccanflattenhairswithintheear,andalthoughtheynormallyspringbackintoplace,noisedamageoveralongperiodcancausethemtosnap.

Musiccanshapethebrain,itcanalterbrainstructuresinmusicians. Itcanenhancecognitiveskillsinchildrenandadultsalike. Brainactivationpatternsarerelatedtohowmuchpeoplelikeparticularsongs. Musicwasshowntoloweranxietymorethanmedicationsinonestudy.

DiscussionDoeslisteningtoanexcessiveorunreasonableamountofloudmusichaveanegativeeffectonteenhearing?Wefounddifferentarticlesthattalkedabouttheeffectofloudmusicandthedamagethatcangetdonetothebrain,andcancausepotentialcauseofhearingloss.Thesignificantdatacollectionwasbasedonhowthemusiccanshapethebrain,alsoitcanalterbrainstructuresinmusicians.Itcanenhancecognitiveskillsinchildrenandadultsalike.Alsobeingexposedtomorethan85decibels(aboutthelevelthatteenslistentotheirmusictoday)ofsoundforeighthourscandamageyourhearing.Peoplewithgoodhearinghavetinyhaircellsthatlinetheinnerearandthesetransmitsignalstothebrain,whichareinterpretedassound.Onspecificappledevices,youshouldnotlistentomusicover70%,andbetween50%and70%youshouldlimityou'relisteningtime.Theindependentvariabledidhaveameasurableeffectonthedependentvariablebecausetheeffectofloudmusicaffectsthebrain.Ourresultsare

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