Date and venue: The workshop was held at the WHO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, 9 June 2023, 09:30 - 13:00
It is estimated that more than one billion young people worldwide are at risk of hearing loss due to unsafe listening practices. In response to this growing public health problem, WHO launched the Make Listening Safe initiative in 2015. The initiative aims to reduce the risk of hearing loss posed by unsafe listening behaviour.
This ITU-T workshop was held on the 3rd day of WHO-ITU Consultation on Making Listening Safe 2023. The full
recording of the workshop is available
here.
Workshop objectives:
- Discuss harmonization evolution of technical standards for personal audio devices and systems that focus on safe listening and hearing loss prevention.
- Consider the deprecation of the 'single number volume level limiting' methods in favour of a standardized dosimetry approach.
- Increase an understanding of the development procedures and timelines across different standardization organisations ITU, IEC and CENELEC.
- Future inclusions to ITU H.870 Guidelines for safe audio devices/systems in the area of wireless headphones.
- How ITU can move forward in the area of conformance testing for applications.
Moderator: Masahito Kawamori (Rapporteur, Question 28/16, ITU-T SG16; Keio University, Japan)
Recording
