Listen Responsibly
What is Listen Responsibly?
Listen Responsibly is a global initiative by Amplifon to promote a new culture of responsible listening and healthy hearing, at all ages, and raise awareness of the negative consequences of noise pollution.
The little-known link between music that is too loud and the risk of damage or early hearing loss lies at the heart of the project.
Amplifon is committed to increasing awareness about the importance of hearing well-being and the impacts of noise pollution, by mapping at least 20,000 noise measurements through the noise tracker of the “Listen Responsibly” app by 2023. Moreover, Amplifon aims at involving with “Listen Responsibly” school project a total of at least 40,000 students and 1,600 schools by 2023.
Amplifon’s Sustainability Plan – Listening Ahead
Listen Responsibly at School: a new culture of sound
Since 2019, the Listen Responsibly edutainment project has involved more than 1,500 classes and 32,000 students of middle and high schools all over Italy and Spain, to turn them into ambassadors of a new acoustic ecology.
The project promotes a culture of responsible listening and healthy hearing through gamification activities, citizen journalism, and interactive workshops featuring musicians, sound designers, audiologists, and many others as guest speakers.
The program goes beyond traditional approaches, integrating social media and employee ambassadorship campaigns, to effectively reach a wider audience and raise awareness about the significance of hearing prevention across all age groups.
Listen Responsibly App
Thanks to the Listen Responsibly App, all members of society are involved as pioneers of a new discipline: acoustic ecology. By recording environmental noise levels, the app’s noise tracker creates an interactive map soundscape via gamification mechanisms.
After launching the noise tracker in Italy back in January 2020, the App also reached Spain in April 2021 during International Noise Awareness Day, and was introduced in France in January 2022 and Germany in April 2023.
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Measure the noise around you
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Check the noise variations
Noise levels are not the same throughout the day.
Check at what time of the day a place is more affected by noise pollution and when, instead, noise levels decrease.
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Become our Ambassador
So what can you do to protect your hearing?
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), prolonged exposure to sounds above 85 dB can cause hearing loss.
Fortunately, it can be prevented by taking a few simple precautions.
Is it too loud? Five golden rules for listening at the right volume.
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