According to research and authorities both young people and musicians are in need of hearing health knowledge in order to protect their own hearing. The purpose of this study was to investigate music teacher trainees’ experiences and thoughts concerning hearing health education at their music teacher programmes and internships. A sociocultural framework was used in this study. Semi-structured interviews were utilised to collect viewpoints and experiences from participants. The study involved 4 music teacher trainees, from three different music teacher training programmes. Two students were from the same music teacher programme. The data was analysed using thematic analysis. A sociocultural perspective was also used when analysing the data. The results indicate that music teacher students are not examined in hearing conservation. They do not seem to receive formative assessment in hearing conservation or hearing loss prevention. The staff is not necessarily knowledgeable in hearing conservation, even though they educate future music teachers. The staff does not seem to teach hearing conservation. Some supervisors at the internships were knowledgeable in hearing conservation and appeared to help their younger students understand risks. Other supervisors were not as knowledgeable and could be perceived as relatively passive when their students found themselves in risky sound environments without hearing protection. Social interactions which focused on hearing conservation or hearing loss prevention seemed to be quite absent at higher education and internships in Sweden. In conclusion, according to research and authorities, both youth and musicians are at risk and lack understanding of the risks in their sound environments. Music teachers are expected to teach hearing care according to the curriculum in Sweden, but many music teacher students do not feel well equipped to teach hearing care. It is important to have knowledgeable music teachers who can teach hearing care, as today's youth need this knowledge. The results and conclusions of this study suggest that society needs to equip music teachers at various levels of education with knowledge of hearing care. Several music education students in this study also expressed a desire for more hours of hearing care education at their music teacher programmes. These groups, music teachers and future music teachers, need knowledge of hearing care and hearing loss prevention to create cultures that emphasize hearing care and hearing health.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-123675 |
| Date | January 2023 |
| Creators | Olsson, Anton |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för musik och bild (MB) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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