AES Technical Council and Committees
Hearing and Hearing Loss Prevention

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Chair:Robert Schulein(Send E-mail)
Vice Chair:Michael Santucci(Send E-mail)
Vice Chair:Jan Voetmann(Send E-mail)

Mission Statement

1. Raising AES member awareness of the normal and abnormal functions of the hearing process.

2. Raising AES member awareness of the risk and consequences of hearing loss resulting from excessive sound exposure.

3. Coordinating and providing technical guidance for the AES supported hearing testing and consultation programs at US and European Conventions.

4. Facilitating the maintenance and refinement of a database of audiometric test results and exposure information on AES members.

5. Forging a cooperative union between AES members, audio equipment manufacturers and the hearing the hearing conservation communities for purposes of developing strategies, technologies, and tools to reduce and prevent hearing loss.


Would you like to contribute?

If you are interested in participating in the committee's work please send an e-mail to the chair Robert Schulein. Please indicate in your e-mail that you are interested in the AESTC-HHLP. We welcome those interested in joining the committee to attend a future committee meeting. AES and non AES members are always welcome. Please Note: You do not have to be an AES member to join this committee, however you must be an AES member to serve as Chair or Vice-Chair of the committee. The committee communicates by means of an e-mail reflector site. This committee meets approximately evety 6 months at alternate European and US conventions.

Current and Future Activities

1. The TC is in the process of developing workshops and Tutorials for the 124 and 125 AES conventions in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and San Francisco, CA.

2. The TC is in the initial stages of developing a proposal for an AES Conference with the working Title “Engineering Technology for Hearing Conservation and Sound Reproduction”.

3. The TC is looking for a research partner to study the relationship between individual Otoacoustic Emissions data and Hearing Threshold Data. We have identified a potential research partner and are now developing a research plan.

4. The TC is working on implementing a hearing screening and consultation program at the 124th AES Convention in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

5. The TC iorganized a "How Loud Do You Listen" test and demonstration in conjucntion with the NHCA (National Hearing Conservation Association). This activity took place at the 121 AES Convention in San Francisco. We expect to have results from this test program by May of 2008.


Meeting Report:
These documents do not necessarily express the official position of the AES on the issues discussed at these meetings, and only represent the views of committee members participating in the discussion. Any unauthorized use of these publications is prohibited. Authorization must be obtained from the Executive Director of the AES: E-mail, Tel: +1 212 661 8528, Address: 60 East 42nd Street, Room 2520, New York, New York 10165-2520, USA.

10/01/2007     Meeting Minutes
Description: Meeting Minutes from the AESTC on Hearing and Hearing Loss Prevention from the 122nd AES Convention in Vienna Austria

05/01/2007     AESTC-H&HLP Minutes, AES121
Description: Meeting Minutes of the AESTC on Hearing and Hearing Loss Prevention from the 121st AES Convention in San Francisco, CA , October 7, 2006

10/05/2006     AESTC-HHLP Meeting Minutes AES120
Description: Meeting Minutes of the AESTC on Hearing and Hearing Loss Prevention held at the 120th AES Convention Paris, France

05/14/2006     Meeting Minutes 119th AES Convention, New York, New York, USA
Description: Meeting Minutes of the AESTC on Hearing and Hearing Loss Prevention, held on Saturday October 8, 2005 at the 119th AES Convention in New York, New York, USA

06/07/2005     Meeting Minutes 118th AES Convention, Barcelona, Spain
Description: Meeting Minutes of the AESTC on Hearing and Hearing Loss Prevention held on Monday May 30, 2005 at the 118th AES Convention in Barcelona, Spain

03/27/2005     Meeting Minutes 117th AES Convention San Francisco
Description: Minutes of the formative meeting of the AESTC on Hearing and Hearing Loss Prevention


Other:
08/05/2005     Output Levels of Commercially Available Portable Compact Disc Players and the Potential Risk to Hearing
Description: paper by Brian J. Fligor and L. Clarke Cox from EAR AND HEARING (Vol. 25 No. 6)


Committee Members

Robert Schulein Ian Kuhn Laurie Wells
Michael Santucci Scott Snyder Roger Grinnip
Mike Lohman Brian Fligor Marilee Potthoff
Jeff Schwartz Jan Voetmann Benjamin Kanters
Jason Corey Preben Kvist Peter Mapp
Waldo Nogueira Elizabeth Cohen Lawrence Revit
Pam Gunn Beno Groothoff Bozena Kostek
Jeanne Stiernberg Neil Cherian Keith Gordon
J M Woodgate Marshall Chasin Ivan Stamac
Ainslie Harris William L Martens John Usher
Gonzalo J. Rodriguez Richard S Stroud Christopher Struck
Omatali Beckett Vicki Silver Benjamin Mesiti

To request membership in this Technical Committee please e-mail the Chair by using the link above.

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