Table 2 Attitude of earphones’ use and related symptoms.
From: Earphone use habits and their association with auditory and dermatologic complications
Response categories | Count (%) |
|---|---|
Hour per day in using earphones: | |
1–2 | 28 (56%) |
3–4 | 16 (32%) |
5–6 | 4 (8%) |
More than 7 h | 2 (4%) |
Years of using earphones: | |
1–2 years | 8 (16%) |
3–4 | 12 (24%) |
5–6 | 6 (12%) |
More than 7 years | 24 (48%) |
Do you clean earphones: | |
Always | 20 (40%) |
Sometimes | 16 (32%) |
Rarely | 8 (16%) |
Never | 6 (12%) |
Do you clean the earphones with: | |
Water | 2 (4%) |
Alcohol | 11 (22%) |
Tissue | 31 (62%) |
Nothing | 6 (12%) |
Level of earphones volume: | |
Low | 8 (16%) |
Moderate | 26 (52%) |
High | 16 (32%) |
Do you share earphones with others? | |
Yes | 13 (26%) |
No | 37 (74%) |
Experience symptoms due to a long-term use of earphones: | |
Yes | 26 (52%) |
No | 24 (48%) |
Experience any of these symptoms due to a long-term use of earphones: | (multiple choices) |
Decrease hearing | 11 (22%) |
Infection | 0 (0%) |
Pain in the ear | 17 (34%) |
Itchiness | 16 (32%) |
Headache | 22 (44%) |
None | 11 (22%) |
Other | 1 (2%) |
