Effect of Headphones on Student Health

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UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI PETRONAS

ACADEMIC WRITING
LBB 1042

Research Project

Group Member : 1. Adryan (15789) Gadis Vikha Natari (16575) Mahmoud Tarek Mahmoud Ali Shahin (15826)

Group : 8 PE

Analyzing the Effects of Headphones on Students ' Health at Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP)

Contents

Abstract.................................................................................................3

Introduction...........................................................................................4

Literature Review..................................................................................6

Methodology.........................................................................................9

Results.................................................................................................11

Discussion............................................................................................17

Conclusion...........................................................................................20

References Lists..................................................................................21

Appendix..............................................................................................22

Abstract

The utilisation of modern devices such as headphones is becoming more popular. Nowadays headphones are becoming a major part of people 's life. Many previous researches indicated that headphones could cause health problems. Therefore, this research will further investigate similar situation at Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) in terms of harmful effect on student health and students ' academic performances. This research is also to explore whether there are effective ways for using headphones to lower health effects.

This research were

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