World Health Organization's Listen Safe Initiative

Speaker: Michael Santucci, AuD
Organization: Sensaphonics Inc.
Job Title: President

This presentation discusses the World Health Organization's efforts to prevent hearing disorders from loud music.

  • Learning Objective 1: Summarize the WHO Make Listening Safe Initiative.
  • Learning Objective 2: Identify the Make Listening Safe workstream.
  • Learning Objective 3: Describe the activities of the Make Listening Safe workgroup.

About Michael

Michael Santucci, AuD, is an award-winning audiologist and president and founder of Sensaphonics, Inc., Chicago, IL. Sensaphonics designs, develops and manufactures custom-in-the-ear products for the music industry. For over 35 years he has provided Audiological treatment and hearing protection strategies to Chicago area musicians, sound engineers, and many of today’s most prolific music performers /engineers. Michael is the Chair of the Music Induced Hearing Loss Task Force for the National Hearing Conservation Association, is Chair of the Technical Committee on Hearing and Hearing Loss Prevention for the Audio Enineering Society, consults for the Grammy foundation / Musicares, and has been a core member of the World Health Organization’s Listen Safe Initiative since its inception in 2015.

Financial Disclosures: None
Non-Financial Disclosures: None
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