A Century of Amplified Music - Online Experiment

Researchers from the National Institute of Health Research Nottingham Hearing Biomedical Research Unit and the Medical Research Council Institute of Hearing Research are launching a mass public experiment to see if listening to loud music over a lifetime is linked to hearing problems.

In the last 100 years there has been revolution after revolution in music amplification; we can now play music for hours at levels that could be potentially damaging. There’s always been the temptation to turn the music up loud. We want to find out if prolonged exposure to loud music really does cause hearing problems.

In the experiment, participants are asked to complete a questionnaire about how much loud music listening they have done across their life, and then asked to do a short listening test. The test takes about 10 minutes to complete. To participate, go to http://www.100yearsofamplifiedmusic.org/.