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Table 5 Noise exposure

From: Community-based program to increase use of hearing conservation practices among farm and rural youth: a cluster randomized trial of effectiveness

During the past year, about how often did you do each of the following activities?

Missing

Never

1–3 times/year

1–3 times/month

1–3 times/week

Nearly every day

Gas-powered lawn mower

20

500 (25.5%)

382 (19.5%)

599 (30.6%)

366 (18.7%)

112 (5.7%)

Power tools

28

481 (24.7%)

524 (26.9%)

413 (21.2%)

280 (14.4%)

253 (13.0%)

4-wheeler or motorcycle

22

704 (36.0%)

452 (23.1%)

300 (15.3%)

253 (12.9%)

248 (12.7%)

Fire a gun or be near someone firing a gun hunting or target shooting)

14

867 (44.1%)

589 (30.0%)

273 (13.9%)

137 (7.0%)

99 (5.0%)

Ride in a car with loud music

33

436 (22.4%)

299 (15.4%)

288 (14.8%)

337 (17.3%)

586 (30.1%)

Go to a concert

34

1293 (66.5%)

527 (27.1%)

71 (3.7%)

34 (1.7%)

20 (1.0%)

Use stereo earphones(iPod or MP3 player)

31

276 (14.2%)

178 (9.1%)

286 (14.7%)

492 (25.3%)

716 (36.8%)

Go to a loud sporting event

34

661 (34.0%)

647 (33.3%)

290 (14.9%)

260 (13.4%)

87 (4.5%)

Ride on a tractor

26

1062 (54.4%)

493 (25.2%)

197 (10.1%)

119 (6.1%)

82 (4.2%)

Set off firecrackers

34

572 (29.4%)

1159 (59.6%)

112 (5.8%)

49 (2.5%)

53 (2.7%)

Hear loud sound that made your ears hurt or made you hear ‘ringing’ sound?

27

913 (46.8%)

523 (26.8%)

202 (10.3%)

132 (6.8%)

182 (9.3%)