the quietest vehicle on earth™
a moment of silence can improve a lifetime of hearing health.
The ultimate ear-opening experiential education, motivation, and training program designed to Transform Your Relationship with Sound for Life.
‘The Quietest Vehicle on Earth™’ achieves this by improving access to evidence-based education, motivation, and training in an effort to protect, preserve, and treat the precious sense of hearing from permanent and preventable noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) and tinnitus, and comforting sensory sensitivities.
Minnesota-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization #39-2834014
FEATURES INCLUDE AND ARE NOT LIMITED TO/KEY FEATURES:
- Mobile Anechoic Chamber
- Designed to completely absorb reflections of sound or electromagnetic waves, providing participants the opportunity to experience silence like they have never heard before
- Mobile EARFit Validation Testing
- Quantify and document individual’s proper use and selection of hearing protection
- Mobile Audiometric Testing
- Meeting OSHA standards for enclosed audiometric testing booth and ANSI S3.1
- Hands on product demonstrations
- Learn how to properly select and wear hearing protection
- Mobile Sensory Sensitivity Space
- Comfort sensory sensitivities at loud events throughout the United States and Canada
why hearing health?
- Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) and Tinnitus can occur at any age and is almost always 100% preventable
- Hearing loss is the third most common chronic physical condition in the United States, twice as prevalent as diabetes or cancer
- Approximately 50 million Americans are affected by Tinnitus (ringing or buzzing sensation of the ear)
- On a daily basis 22 million Americans are exposed to hazardous sound levels in the workplace
- Research shows that people with untreated hearing loss are at 2-5 times greater risk of dementia
- 1.1 billion teenagers and young adults are at risk of permanent and preventable hearing loss due to recreational noise exposure
- 5.2 million youth (ages 6-18) in the United States suffer from hearing loss attributed to hazardous noise exposure
Mission: Our mission is to reduce the incidence of noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus by advancing evidence-based hearing conservation education, motivation, training, and increasing access to hearing healthcare.
Through evidence-based programs delivered in schools, workplaces, and community settings across the United States, we aim to improve lifelong hearing health and overall well-being by empowering individuals with knowledge, awareness, self-efficacy, and real life strategies.
Vision: A world where preventable noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus no longer exist, and every person has the knowledge and tools to protect, preserve, and care for their hearing health.
OBJECTIVES & OUTCOMES
Objective 1: Reduce the incidence of permanent and preventable noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) and increase awareness of tinnitus prevention.
Outcome: Greater public understanding and proactive adoption of hearing protection best practices across communities, workplaces, and recreational settings.
Objective 2: Educate, motivate, and train individuals to properly select and consistently wear hearing protection.
Outcome: Improved user knowledge and compliance, resulting in measurable decreases in hearing damage risk.
Objective 3: Improve compliance with OSHA Standard 29 CFR 1910.95 where applicable.
Outcome: Safer occupational environments and stronger alignment with federal hearing conservation requirements.
Objective 4: Promote understanding of hearing health and its connection to overall wellness.
Outcome: Increased awareness of hearing as an essential component of mental, emotional, and physical health.
Objective 5: Support tinnitus management through appropriate hearing protection and hearing aid solutions.
Outcome: Enhanced quality of life and symptom reduction for individuals living with tinnitus.
Objective 6: Increase the number of individuals receiving annual audiograms and treating hearing loss when it occurs.
Outcome: Early detection and intervention leading to better hearing outcomes and reduced long-term impairment.
Objective 7: Validate the proper selection and use of hearing protection through EARFit™ Validation Testing.
Outcome: Verified protection effectiveness and improved confidence in hearing safety programs.