The Sound Alert™ headphone visibly signals to students and
teachers when the headphone volume is louder than the American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association recommended 85dB level.
When the volume that is played through the headphone exceeds 85
decibels, a bright red warning light on the earcup turns on, alerting
both the teacher and student about an unsafe sound level requiring
adjustment. Having an appropriate volume level pointed out will help
teachers and students learn safe and lifelong listening practices,
beginning in the classroom, learning center, or school library.
According to a March 2006 national poll commissioned by the American
Speech-Language- Hearing Association, 40% of students reportedly set
their music players' volume above 85 decibels, which is the level
hearing experts recommend not be exceeded. If music can be heard coming
from a student's headphone, the volume is too loud and the student is at
risk of experiencing hearing loss.
Hearing loss can lead to many problems in school including: difficulty
with academic achievement in language arts, vocabulary, arithmetic, and
problem solving. Students with hearing loss score lower on achievement
tests, and have greater needs for special education or extra support in
the classroom.
This durable headphone is based on the rugged Califone monaural
headphone, which is the educator's standard for listening centers, ELL
and ELD and other language learning activities.
The Sound Alert headphone can be used as a normal headphone without
charging the battery, but the warning LED feature will not operate. The
headphone saves power by shutting off when no audio signal is present
for 60 seconds and will power on automatically when there is an audio
signal present.
Includes an AC adapter and charging lead (not shown).
“I am a Read 180 teacher and we use the instructional software on the computers everyday. We need the 3066AV headphones for instruction and recording.” Karla Hafner 4th-5th grade Reading Teacher Alice Drive Elementary Schools Sumter, SC
A: The Sound Alert™ headphone does not have volume control however it features a red warning light that will turn on when the volume level has exceeded 85dB which is considered to be an unsafe sound level.
A: Yes. The Sound Alert Headphone is a stereo headphone which comes with a 3.5mm plug which can be used with a PC, an MP3 player or a CD player. It also includes ¼” adapter for use with other equipment.
A: The Spirit 1776 is a stereo media player and monaural headphones such as the 2985PG, the 2924AVG or any others in the 2924AV series, excluding the stereo 2924AVPS, are not compatible because the sound will only come out of one earcup instead of coming out in stereo surround sound. Monaural headphones have a ¼” plug that will not fit into the 3.5mm headphone jack found on all stereo boomboxes. All Califone® stereo headphones have 3.5’’ stereo plugs. Monaural headphones are best used with cassette player/recorders. Read more about Stereo vs Mono.
A: The difference between a headphone and a headset is a headphone is used only for listening and a headset can be used for listening and capturing audio responses (used by many language/reading programs). Put another way, a headset is a headphone with a microphone attached to it.
