A smartphone application to objectively monitor music listening habits in adolescents: Personal listening device usage and the accuracy of selfreported listening habits

Danique Paping; Jantien Vroegop; Simone Koenraads; Carlijn le Clercq; André Goedegebure; R.J. Baatenburg de Jong; M.P. van der Schroeff

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A smartphone application to objectively monitor music listening habits in adolescents: Personal listening device usage and the accuracy of selfreported listening habits

Danique Paping, Jantien Vroegop, Simone Koenraads, Carlijn le Clercq, André Goedegebure, R.J. Baatenburg de Jong, M.P. van der Schroeff

Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

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Background: Listening to music through personal listening devices (PLDs) has become more prevalent during last decades. The aim of this study was to evaluate music listening habits through PLDs in adolescents with a smartphone application, and to assess the accuracy of self-reported listening habits. Methods: This study was embedded in the Generation R Study, a population-based prospective birth cohort in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. A smartphone application for Android operating systems was developed to objectively monitor music listening habits for a period of 35 days. A postal questionnaire was used to subjectively assess listening habits. The level of agreement between the objectively measured and self-reported listening habits were evaluated using weighted kappa coefficients. Data were collected from May 2017 to March 2019. Results: A total of 311 adolescents aged 12 to 15 years were included, of whom 237 (76.2%) completed the postal questionnaire. The results of the smartphone application showed that the median listening frequency was 2.1 days a week (IQR 1.0–3.4), the median listening time 21.1 min a day (IQR 9.1–53.7), and the mean listening level 54.5% (SD 18.1%). There was a slight to fair agreement between the objectively measured, and self-reported listening habits according to the weighted kappa coefficients (k = 0.179 to 0.364). Conclusions: The results of the current study suggest that self-reported measures of listening habits are not always accurate. We consider a smartphone application to monitor listening habits of added value in future research investigating the possible damaging effects of PLDs on hearing acuity. Graphical abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.]

Original language	English
Article number	11
Journal	Journal of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Volume	50
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40463-020-00488-5
Publication status	Published - 15 Feb 2021

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The Generation R Study is conducted by the Erasmus Medical Center in close collaboration with Faculty of Social Sciences of the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Municipal Health Service Rotterdam area, Rotterdam, and the Stichting Trombosedienst & Artsenlaboratorium Rijnmond (STAR-MDC), Rotterdam. We gratefully acknowledge the contribution of children and parents, general practitioners, hospitals, midwives and pharmacies in Rotterdam. We would like to thank Jasper Weeteling, the founder of Scrambled Apps, for developing the smartphone application, and Teun van Immerzeel for his contribution to the data analyses. The general design of Generation R Study is made possible by financial support from the Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Erasmus University Rotterdam, ZonMw, the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), and the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport.

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The Generation R Study is made possible by financial support from the Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Erasmus University Rotterdam and the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development. The researchers are independent from the funders. The study sponsors had no role in the study design, data analysis, interpretation of data, or writing of this report.

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Paping, D., Vroegop, J., Koenraads, S., le Clercq, C., Goedegebure, A., Baatenburg de Jong, R. J., & van der Schroeff, M. P. (2021). A smartphone application to objectively monitor music listening habits in adolescents: Personal listening device usage and the accuracy of selfreported listening habits. Journal of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, 50(1), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40463-020-00488-5

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Paping, D , Vroegop, J , Koenraads, S, le Clercq, C, Goedegebure, A, Baatenburg de Jong, RJ & van der Schroeff, MP 2021, 'A smartphone application to objectively monitor music listening habits in adolescents: Personal listening device usage and the accuracy of selfreported listening habits', Journal of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, vol. 50, no. 1, 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40463-020-00488-5

A smartphone application to objectively monitor music listening habits in adolescents: Personal listening device usage and the accuracy of selfreported listening habits. / Paping, Danique ; Vroegop, Jantien ; Koenraads, Simone et al.
In: Journal of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Vol. 50, No. 1, 11, 15.02.2021.

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