H.870
| Guidelines for safe listening devices/systems | |
 | |
| Status | In force |
|---|---|
| Year started | 2018 |
| Latest version | 1.1 9 March 2019 |
| Organization | ITU-T |
| Committee | ITU-T Study Group 16 (Secretary: Simao Campos) |
| Related standards | V.18, H.810 |
| Domain | Sound, Hearing loss |
| License | Freely available |
| Website | https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-H.870 |
H.870 "Guidelines for safe listening devices/systems"[1] (formerly F.SLD) is an ITU-T Recommendation,[2][3] developed in collaboration with the World Health Organization. It specifies standards for safe listening to prevent hearing loss and was first approved in 2018.[4] In March 2022, version 2 was approved and published. [5]
Apps
In order to make the Guidelines available as widely as possible, the WHO released Android and iOS apps.[6][7]
Toolkit
In order to ensure widespread implementation of this standard, WHO, ITU-T and ITU-D’s Digital Inclusion Programme developed a Toolkit for Safe Listening Devices and Systems.
Inter-Agency Collaboration on Digital Health
H.870 and the work on safe listening is part of the Inter-Agency Collaboration between the ITU and the World Health Organization on Digital health, which is undertaken primarily through ITU-T Study Group 16 and the ITU-WHO Focus Group on Artificial Intelligence for Health (FG-AI4H).
References
- ^ ITU (2018-09-22). "Listen responsibly: New ITU standard to prevent audio devices from causing hearing loss". ITU News. Archived from the original on 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
- ^ "H.870: Guidelines for safe listening devices/systems". www.itu.int. Archived from the original on 2019-11-06. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
- ^ "WHO | Make Listening Safe: A WHO initiative to promote safe listening practices". WHO. Archived from the original on 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
- ^ "UN guidelines unveiled to prevent rising hearing loss among young smartphone listeners". UN News. 2019-02-12. Archived from the original on 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
- ^ H.870(v2): Guidelines for safe listening devices/systems
- ^ "hearWHO". www.who.int. Archived from the original on 2020-03-10. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
- ^ "WHO | WHO launches the hearWHO app for mobile devices to help detect hearing loss". WHO. Archived from the original on 2019-09-21. Retrieved 2020-03-10.