Effectiveness of "Dangerous Decibels," a school-based hearing loss prevention program.

Abstract:

PURPOSE:To evaluate the effectiveness of the "Dangerous Decibels" educational program in increasing students' knowledge and positively changing their attitudes and intended behaviors related to hearing and hearing loss prevention. METHOD:Baseline questionnaires were completed by 478 4th-grade students and 550 7th-grade students. Approximately half of the students in each grade received a 35-min interactive classroom presentation on hearing and hearing loss prevention. The remaining students served as comparison groups. Students who received the curriculum filled out questionnaires immediately after the presentation. All students filled out follow-up questionnaires 3 months after baseline. RESULTS:Fourth-grade students who participated in the Dangerous Decibels presentation exhibited significant improvements in knowledge and attitudes related to hearing and hearing loss prevention. These improvements were maintained 3 months after the presentation. Seventh-grade students also experienced long-term improvements in their knowledge base. However, attitudes and intended behaviors in 7th graders returned to baseline levels 3 months postpresentation. CONCLUSION:The Dangerous Decibels hearing loss prevention program was effective at producing long-term improvements in the knowledge base of 4th- and 7th-grade students. Future studies should include components on peer pressure and should incorporate repeated, multimodality interventions to increase the likelihood of long-term improvement in adolescents.

journal_name

Am J Audiol

authors

Griest SE,Folmer RL,Martin WH

doi

10.1044/1059-0889(2007/021)

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2007-12-01 00:00:00

pages

S165-81

issue

2

eissn

1059-0889

issn

1558-9137

pii

16/2/S165

journal_volume

16

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