World Health Organization Make Listening Safe Initiative
Course: #29588Level: Introductory 1 Hour 233 Reviews
The World Health Organization (WHO) "Make Listening Safe" Initiative began in 2015, and is an impetus behind the recent international resolution on hearing loss prevention. The presenter is subject matter expert for WHO on hearing loss prevention, and chair of the WHO working group to develop standards for noise exposure limits for personal audio systems (i.e., headphones). This webinar details the guidance this working group has provided to WHO, which is expected to be incorporated into manufacture of personal audio systems in the near future.
Learning Outcomes
- After this course learners will be able to describe the number of people in the world at risk for recreational noise-induced hearing loss.
- After this course learners will be able to describe 3 different levels of noise exposure associated with zero risk, slight risk, or modest risk for noise-induced hearing loss.
- After this course learners will be able to summarize how headphone manufacturers can conduct real-time dosimetry as feedback to users regarding their risk, relative to the 3 different levels of risk.
Course created on July 12, 2017
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction |
| 5-15 Minutes | Goals of WHO Make Listening Safe Initiative |
| 15-25 Minutes | Definition of levels of risk |
| 25-45 Minutes | Description and implementation of dosimetry in portable audio systems |
| 45-55 Minutes | Case studies of predicted noise-induced permanent threshold shift in 3 levels of risk |
| 55-60 Minutes | Summary, Q & A |
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Brian J. Fligor
ScD
Brian Fligor, Sc.D., PASC, is Chief Development Officer at Lantos Technologies (Woburn, MA) and president of Boston Audiology Consultants, Inc., and the Musicians’ Hearing Program (Mansfield, MA), a private practice geared toward diagnosis and treatment of hearing disorders in musicians. This is Dr. Fligor's 10th year as guest editor and lead presenter of the AudiologyOnline Annual Seminar Series on Noise-Induced Hearing Loss.
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