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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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