H.870 "Guidelines for safe listening devices/systems" (formerly F.SLD) is an

ITU-T The International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) is one of the three Sectors (branches) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). It is responsible for coordinating Standardization, standards fo ...

Recommendation, developed in collaboration with the

World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a list of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations which coordinates responses to international public health issues and emergencies. It is headquartered in Gen ...

. It specifies standards for safe listening to prevent

hearing loss Hearing loss is a partial or total inability to hear. Hearing loss may be present at birth or acquired at any time afterwards. Hearing loss may occur in one or both ears. In children, hearing problems can affect the ability to acquire spo ...

and was first approved in 2018. In March 2022, version 2 was approved and published. __TOC__

Apps

In order to make the Guidelines available as widely as possible, the WHO release
Android
an
iOS
apps.

Toolkit

In order to ensure widespread implementation of this standard, WHO, ITU-T and ITU-D’s Digital Inclusion Programme developed
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

on Digital health, which is undertaken primarily through

ITU-T Study Group 16 The ITU-T Study Group 16 (SG16) is a statutory group of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) concerned with multimedia coding, systems and applications, such as video coding standards. It is responsible for standardization of ...

and the ITU-WHO Focus Group on Artificial Intelligence for Health (FG-AI4H).

References

{{reflist ITU-T recommendations ITU-T H Series Recommendations