How the App functions

SAFE LISTEN TIMES based on dBs of ENVIRONMENT (sounds around you) and HEADPHONE sounds

ENVIRONMENT sounds are recorded by your phone's microphone

HEADPHONE sounds are recorded by your phone

 

Resonate App uses the NIOSH98 formula

• The allowable daily noise dose is 85 dB over 8 hours

• To calculate safe listen times of dBs from environment and headphone

• This formula is also used for setting maximum output limits of hearing aids

Displays color-coded results for easy checking

• Green: Less than 50% of allowable daily dose

• Yellow: 50-75% of dose

• Orange: 75-100% dose

• Red: More than 100% dose

 

For Environment Sound dBs and Safe Listen Times

• Go to LISTEN screen

 

Spot check

• Get immediate dB with corresponding safe listen time

 

Log measurement

• Log in the amount of time you expect to spend in that sound environment

• App does a quick sampling and calculates total dB per formula

• This preserves phone battery

• Logging is important to get an estimate of dB exposure throughout the day

 

Headphone Sound dBs

• Do nothing

• Phone stores this information which is used by the App

 

Check Daily and Weekly history of safe listening

• Go to HISTORY page

• Get your daily and weekly color-coded reports for 'Environment', 'Headphone' or 'Combined'

 

Suggested actions for safe listening and eTool learning

• Go to INFO