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Volume 8

Discover the standards for “Safe Listening”, past, present and future

The “Make Listening Safe workgroup,” an initiative of The World Health Organization, shares their article on standards for safe listening in the industry, for personal music players and for personal amplifiers.

Standards for “Safe Listening”: Past, Present, and Future

The “Make Listening Safe Workgroup” is an initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO) in the framework of the World Hearing Forum, and is committed to create a world where nobody’s hearing is put in danger due to unsafe listening. This article focuses on standards for safe listening in the industry for personal music players and for personal amplifiers.

Volume 1

Movies – Too Loud?

Ever wonder why movies seem to be getting louder? Wayne Staab did and he tells us why this is happening in this issue’s installment of Trends.

Noise Regulation Needed

The author questions why the people performing audiometric tests in the province of Ontario are not licensed as is the case in other Canadian provinces.

CAPD Guidelines

Kim Tillery explains the nature of central auditory processing disorders (CAPD).