ATLAS Resonate
App
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Online Self-Analysis Tool
for personalized listening wellness
Android App in development
$0
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dB level from headphone, environment
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Safe Listening Time estimate
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Safe Listening Tip
$5.99
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Free features, plus…
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Exposure logging
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History: Daily, Weekly, personal Dashboard
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Reminders to check exposure
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Self-Analysis Online Tool
Safe Listening Times can be surprisingly low for some everyday sounds
SLTs
decrease rapidly (logarithmically) above 'safe' decibel (dB)
Normal talk (~ 70 dB)
SLT: Whole day
Headphones, Traffic, Lawn mower, Sports, Movies, Motorcycle (80-110 dB)
SLT: 6 hr - 10 min
Ambulance, Sirens (110-129 dB)
SLT: 2 min
Fireworks, Jet taking off (130-160 dB)
SLT: 1-0 min
References below
Daily Sound Exposure
is a sum of both headphone and environment sources
Depends on exposure dBs and exposure duration
There are Standards for Safe Listen dose
Environment: CDC-NIOSH, OSHA
Headphone: WHO-ITU
Military: Hearing Center of Excellence
References below
Self-Analysis
is important for lifelong hearing health management
Understand your hearing essentials
Know your Modifiable and Unmodifiable risk factors
Take steps to self-manage
hearing health:
Profile
Prevent
Protect
References below
With ATLAS Resonate App + Online Tool

Monitor your listening
Environment dB through your phone microphone, watch
Headphone dB when you connect to your headphones
dBs are not linked to you to maintain privacy
Do a spot-check or log your exposure durations to cover your whole day
Get color-coded safe listen times



Make safe listening choices
Get color-coded outcomes of your daily and weekly exposures
Check your personal dashboard on your last logged measurement
Get tips on safe listening and App use
Get reminders to check your exposure




Self-Management Online Tool
App Onboarding, Privacy, Cybersecurity information
Guides and Tools to understand your hearing profile
Know and manage your unmodifiable and modifiable risks
Check and monitor your listening profile
Stay current on reliable and relevant hearing health information

Easy to use App features
Use directions and user support
Banner notifications without need to open App
Battery use minimization by unique sampling technique
Computations follow Standards adapted for personal use
Environmental sound: US OSHA - Permissible Exposure Level*
Headphone sound: WHO-ITU H.870 global standard for safe listening devices/systems
Both standards address noise limits from CDC-NIOSH and Military
Information reliability: Verification and Validation of computations per FDA standards
Information safety: Privacy and Cybersecurity per FDA standards
App details presented to : FDA, ITU, Military
*: Not for use as Occupational Sound Level Meter
Regulatory interactions, Publications, Presentations and Patent
FDA: Q-Submission discussion
National Safety Council, North East Conference display, 2022
Integrating User Voice in Hearing Care with Focus on Off-Duty Warfighter Military Medicine 2021
Global Safe Listening Solution. Pitch Finalist. ITU Digital World, E-Health, 2020
Development of Hearing Technology with Personalized Safe Listening Features. IEEE, 2019
Development of Hearing Technology with Safe Listening Features (Young Author Award). ITU Kaleidoscope, 2019
Integrating User Voice in Hearing Care with Focus on Young Adult Warfighter (poster). Military Health System Research Symposium. 2019
International Patent System PCT (pending): Method for safe listening and user engagement
*REFERENCES:
CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
FDA: Food and Drug Administration
EPA: Environmental Protection Agency
NIDCD: National Inst. of Deafness and other Communication Disorders
NIOSH-REL: National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Recommended Exposure Level
OSHA-PEL: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, PEL: Permissible Exposure Level
DoD-HCE: Dept.of Defense - Hearing Center of Excellence
US Preventive Services Task Force
WHO: World Health Organization, World Report on Hearing
WHO-ITU H.870: WHO-International Telecommunications Union, Guidelines for safe listening devices/systems"