There is a growing concern with increase in hearing loss, particularly Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
1.1B young adults at risk per the World Health Organization
Due to unsafe sound exposures at work + outside work
Recent legislation and safety guides address this concern and
play an important role in the enhancement of hearing safety culture
1 in 4
Hearing loss in adults, including young adults, by 2050
Largely due to current lifestyle habits, limited hearing care
Report excellent-good hearing but already have hearing loss
Hearing loss progression due to low hearing aid use
2017 OTC* Hearing Aid legislation
To self-identify mild-moderate hearing loss
To directly obtain affordable hearing aids without audiogram, fitting
Federal OTC rule-making in progress (FDA draft Rule)
Recent hearing safety guides
OSHA, OSHA-CDC SHIBs on hearing protection, worker rights
NIOSH sound amplification for OTC hearing aids
ADA workplace rights for hearing impaired
WHO safe listen programs
ADA: American Disabilities Act (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
FDA: Food and Drug Administration
NIOSH: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
OSHA: Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OTC: Over-the-Counter
SHIB: Safety and Health Information Bulletin
WHO: World Health Organization
Audition Technology
ATLAS Hearing Safety Education
Provides Training and Technology
to educate about new options and rights due to recent legislation, hearing safety guides
to evaluate workplace policy, accommodation needs
for a cost-effective Quality of Work experience
About Audition Technology
Our Company: We are a Carnegie-Mellon University based startup developing user-centered hearing technologies for personalized listening wellness and OTC Hearing Aids (per FDA Final Rule).
While engaging with safety professionals and the community during product development, we realized the lack of awareness of hearing loss in young adults (constituting a major part of today's workforce) and the lack of knowledge of the new hearing safety rules and guides. These emerging person-centered standards and recommendations for hearing care will have a significant impact on hearing care and safety programs.
Our hearing technology products are compliant with US and UN standards for hearing safety including FDA, OSHA, NIOSH, ADA, WHO. This gives us the unique opportunity to interpret and integrate the recent and emerging hearing safety environment into existing safety and wellness programs.
Thus, ATLAS Education Program was created to provide up-to-date information to Safety Professionals and to the Community with tools to implement person-centered hearing care and safety.
Our knowledge-base: Ongoing meetings with the FDA (since 2019), presentations at military symposium, UN conference (since 2019), publications in peer-reviewed journals (since 2019), hosting OSHA Safe and Sound week (since 2020) , hosting WHO World Hearing Day (since 2019), hosting FTC National Consumer Protection Week (since 2022), exhibiting at NSC Midwest and National Conferences (2022). Ongoing education and training through OSHA Training Institute.
Our membership and support:
National Safety Council (NSC)
Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA)
American Acoustical Society (ASA)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Project Olympus, Carnegie Mellon University
ADA: American Disabilities Act, DoD: Dept. of Defense, FTC: Federal Trade Commission, FDA: Food and Drug Administration, ITU: International Telecommunications Association, NIOSH: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, NSC: National Safety Council, OSHA: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OTC: Over-the-Counter, UN: United Nations, WHO: World Health Organization