Improving Spatial Hearing when Wearing Ski Helmets in Order to Increase Safety on Ski Slopes

This study investigated the effect of a new type of ear pads for ski helmets on the hearing performance of 13 young adults (mean age: 22 years). Free-field hearing thresholds and sound localization performance of the subjects were assessed in three conditions: without helmet, with a conventional hel...

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Autores principales: Seebacher, Josef, Posch, Markus, Zelger, Philipp, Pocecco, Elena, Burtscher, Martin, Zorowka, Patrick G., Ruedl, Gerhard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9740411/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36497978
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315905
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author Seebacher, Josef
Posch, Markus
Zelger, Philipp
Pocecco, Elena
Burtscher, Martin
Zorowka, Patrick G.
Ruedl, Gerhard
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description This study investigated the effect of a new type of ear pads for ski helmets on the hearing performance of 13 young adults (mean age: 22 years). Free-field hearing thresholds and sound localization performance of the subjects were assessed in three conditions: without helmet, with a conventional helmet and with the modified helmet. Results showed that the modified helmet was superior to the conventional helmet in all respects, but did not allow for a performance level observed without a helmet. Considering the importance of precise hearing and sound localization during alpine skiing, acoustically improved ear pads of ski helmets, as demonstrated in this study, can essentially contribute to enhancing the safety on ski slopes.
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spelling pubmed-97404112022-12-11 Improving Spatial Hearing when Wearing Ski Helmets in Order to Increase Safety on Ski Slopes Seebacher, Josef Posch, Markus Zelger, Philipp Pocecco, Elena Burtscher, Martin Zorowka, Patrick G. Ruedl, Gerhard Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This study investigated the effect of a new type of ear pads for ski helmets on the hearing performance of 13 young adults (mean age: 22 years). Free-field hearing thresholds and sound localization performance of the subjects were assessed in three conditions: without helmet, with a conventional helmet and with the modified helmet. Results showed that the modified helmet was superior to the conventional helmet in all respects, but did not allow for a performance level observed without a helmet. Considering the importance of precise hearing and sound localization during alpine skiing, acoustically improved ear pads of ski helmets, as demonstrated in this study, can essentially contribute to enhancing the safety on ski slopes. MDPI 2022-11-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9740411/ /pubmed/36497978 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315905 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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