Biopsychological Approach on Hearing Impairment Caused by Instrumental Hearing Habit

Many researches showed the effect of listening instrumental music to improve concentration in learning. Nevertheless, some psychologies student felt no enhancement in concentration although they had instrumental hearing habits via earphones. This study aims to analyses the effect of listening to music using earphone to hearing impairment. This study was conducted to 45 psychology’s students of who had daily listening’s habit by earphones. Research subjects were divided into 4 groups: those who had earphone listening habits 60 minutes. Weber hearing tests were done using tuning fork to measure hearing impairment. Analysis of research result using Chi-Square shows Chi square value of the research was higher than the table (p = 0.008). Thus, music listening habits via earphones affect the hearing impairment. This study found that right ear impairment was dominant. This should be considered by students who choose earphone as a method to listen to the music.