To address the growing risk of hearing loss among adolescents and young adults, WHO and ITU held a consultation on the Make Listening Safe initiative with experts and other stakeholders, with the objectives to:
- Discuss ways and means for promoting the existing WHO-ITU standards; ”Safe listening devices” and ”Safe listening venues and events” to increase adoption and implementation.
- Share the progress made in different areas of work such as online approaches for raising awareness among different target audiences; a media brief on safe listening, and the Be he@lthy, be mobile mHealth tool for safe listening.
- Brainstorm ways to promote safe listening among gamers and esports athletes.
- Agree on the next steps for achieving the vision of the "Make listening safe" initiative.
The MLS consultation meeting report provides a comprehensive overview of key discussions and outcomes. The report also includes a list of participants.
For more information regarding this consultation, please contact us by email at mls@who.int
