SAFE LISTENING
DEVICES AND SYSTEMS
In 2019, the World Health Organization developed the WHO-ITU Standard for Safe Listening Devices and Systems. The purpose of this document is to provide recommendations of safe listening features that should be included in personal audio systems e.g., smartphones, MP3 players and headphones.
This evidence-based WHO-ITU global standard aims to:
1. Inform users of personal audio devices about their risk of hearing loss and
2. Provide options that enable them to listen safely and mitigate the risk of hearing loss associated with the use of the device.
For more information, please read the full document:
To access the toolkit for safe listening devices and systems:
Reccomendation 1
Every device will be able to measure, and display
the user’s sound consumption data i.e.
01
Average sound exposure, in decibels, over a week
02
Time spent listening over a week
03
Overall sound exposure, as compared to an overall allowance
of 80 dB for 40 hours perweek.
Reccomendation 2
Every device will be able to measure, and display
the user’s sound consumption data i.e.
01
Average sound exposure, in decibels, over a week
02
Time spent listening over a week
03
Overall sound exposure, as compared to an overall allowance
of 80 dB for 40 hours perweek.
Reccomendation 3
Every device will be able to measure, and display
the user’s sound consumption data i.e.
01
Average sound exposure, in decibels, over a week
02
Time spent listening over a week
03
Overall sound exposure, as compared to an overall allowance
of 80 dB for 40 hours perweek.
Reccomendation 1
Every device will be able to measure, and display the user’s sound consumption data i.e.01
Average sound exposure, in decibels, over a week02
Time spent listening over a week03
Overall sound exposure, as compared to an overall allowance of 80 dB for 40 hours perweek.Reccomendation 2
Every device will be able to measure, and display the user’s sound consumption data i.e.01
Average sound exposure, in decibels, over a week02
Time spent listening over a week03
Overall sound exposure, as compared to an overall allowance of 80 dB for 40 hours perweek.Reccomendation 3
Every device will be able to measure, and display the user’s sound consumption data i.e.01
Average sound exposure, in decibels, over a week02
Time spent listening over a week03
Overall sound exposure, as compared to an overall allowance of 80 dB for 40 hours perweek.