This toolkit provides practical guidance to support Member States, industry partners and civil society groups in the use and implementation of the WHO-ITU H.870 Global standard on safe listening devices and systems. The WHO-ITU Global standard is the result of a collaboration between the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and has been developed in response to the growing prevalence of hearing loss and the threat to hearing posed by unsafe listening. The WHO-ITU Global standard has been deve-lo-ped using an evidence-based and consultative process, with the participation of experts in the field of sound, audiology, acoustics, communication, and smartphone technology.This toolkit outlines the need for hearing loss prevention and describes how WHO and ITU have shaped their response to this. It summarizes the WHO-ITU Global standard in a simplified way and provides a step-wise approach for implementation by three main partners in the field of hearing loss prevention:• Governments• Industry• Civil society

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