Hearing the impact of MP3 on a survey of middle school students / 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志

OBJECTIVE@#To understand the usage of MP3 and effects on hearing of middle school students in Xi'an, and discuss controlling strategies.@*METHOD@#Stratified random cluster sampling method was used in the 1567 middle school students in Xi'an through questionnaire survey, ear examination and hearing examination, data were analysed by the SPSS13.0 statistical software.@*RESULT@#1) The rate of holding MP3 in the middle school students was 85.2%. Average daily use time was (1.41 +/- 1.11) h. 2) The noise group of pure tone hearing threshold was significantly higher compared with the control group (P<0.01), and increased the detection rate of hearing loss with the increasing use of MP3. 3) The detection rate of symptoms increased with the increasing use of MP3.@*CONCLUSION@#The usage of MP3 can harm hearing in middle school students, which can result in neurasthenic syndrome.

An epidemiologic study of vertigo among middle school students in the city of Xiran / 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志

OBJECTIVE@#To investigate the prevalence of vertigo and related risk factors in middle school students in the city of Xi'an.@*METHOD@#A cross-section study was used to investigate on vertigo among middle school students. Questionnaire ,ear examination and auditory tests were carried out by the staff who received special training. Multiple Logistic regression models were used to analyze the relative influential factors about vertigo.@*RESULT@#There were 1567 middle school students who underwent a complete investigation. The participants comprised 793 males (50.6%) and 774 females (49.4%). The overall prevalence of vertigo was 5.6%. No significant difference of the prevalence was found between males (4.7%) and females (6.5%) (P > 0.05). The use of MP3 or MP4, insomnia and history of middle ear infections or ototoxic drugs ingestion were the main risk factors for vertigo (odds ratio: 2.837, 5.582, 2.808 and 1.695, respectively).@*CONCLUSION@#Vertigo has an influence on the study and living of the students. More researches are urgently needed on prevention and treatment of vertigo.