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Exploring South African tertiary music students’ hearing health behaviours
Thesis (MMus)--Stellenbosch University, 2025.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/132423 Exploring South African tertiary music students’ hearing health behaviours Soltau, Sarah-Ann Rennie-Salonen, Bridget Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Music. Music students -- Health and hygiene -- South Africa Hearing -- Health aspects Deafness, Noise induced -- Prevention Noise -- Physiological effect Musicians -- Health and hygiene UCTD Thesis (MMus)--Stellenbosch University, 2025. Soltau, S. 2025. Exploring South African tertiary music students’ hearing health behaviours. Unpublished masters thesis. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University [online]. Available: https://scholar.sun.ac.za/items/988368d5-626e-4bc1-92cf-545a89767434 ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Musicians face a range of well-documented occupational health problems due to the physical and psychological demands of their profession, with noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) being a serious concern. NIHL is highly prevalent among tertiary music students, who are exposed to high noise levels in both their educational and recreational settings. However, in the South African (SA) context, there is a lack of research on musicians’ hearing health, and no known research on the hearing health of SA tertiary music students. The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the hearing health behaviours of a sample of SA tertiary music students by exploring their attitudes and knowledge regarding their hearing health. By using the theoretical frameworks of the Health Belief Model (HBM) (Janz & Becker, 1984) and the Behaviour Change Wheel (BCW) (Michie et al., 2011), the research aimed to better understand how music students manage their hearing health. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 15 full-time music students at Stellenbosch University, and the transcripts were analysed using Reflexive Thematic Analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006; 2023). The analysis identified five main themes: Hearing Conservation, Hearing Protection Devices, Music Exposure, Occupational Environment, and Responsibility, which were supported by 18 sub-themes. The findings reveal that there is a lack of hearing conservation education for music students in SA. The adoption of protective measures among music students, such as hearing protection devices and musical sound control procedures, remains low. Although music students acknowledge that they are primarily responsible for their hearing health and they demonstrate some proactive behaviours, they have a limited amount of knowledge, education, resources, and institutional support for their hearing conservation. Health promotion strategies, underpinned by health behaviour theoretical frameworks embedded in higher music education, are recommended for addressing the multi-dimensional contributing factors for optimal hearing health behaviours in the tertiary setting. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Geen opsomming beskikbaar. Masters 2025-06-06T10:22:33Z 2025-06-06T10:22:33Z 2025-03 Thesis https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/132423 en Stellenbosch University xii, 160 pages : illustrations application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Music students -- Health and hygiene -- South Africa Hearing -- Health aspects Deafness, Noise induced -- Prevention Noise -- Physiological effect Musicians -- Health and hygiene UCTD Soltau, Sarah-Ann Exploring South African tertiary music students’ hearing health behaviours |
| title | Exploring South African tertiary music students’ hearing health behaviours |
| title_full | Exploring South African tertiary music students’ hearing health behaviours |
| title_fullStr | Exploring South African tertiary music students’ hearing health behaviours |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring South African tertiary music students’ hearing health behaviours |
| title_short | Exploring South African tertiary music students’ hearing health behaviours |
| title_sort | exploring south african tertiary music students hearing health behaviours |
| topic | Music students -- Health and hygiene -- South Africa Hearing -- Health aspects Deafness, Noise induced -- Prevention Noise -- Physiological effect Musicians -- Health and hygiene UCTD |
| url | https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/132423 |
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