Mom Inventor is Semi-Finalist in The History Channel's Modern Marvels Invent Now Challenge
With May being Better Hearing Month, it is a great time to take notice of a growing problem from loud mp3 players known as noise induced hearing loss. Christine Ingemi, a mother of 4 kids under 11years old, has resolved this problem with her invention of the iHearSafe Earbuds.
New York City, NY (PRWEB) May 2, 2007
Any parent can attest to the constant battle of telling their kids to TURN IT DOWN. Kids are too young to understand the consequences of hearing loss. iHearSafe Earbuds are a safe volume earbuds that complies with safe listening levels recommended by NIOSH and ASHA (http://www. asha. org/default. htm). iHearSafe Earbuds restricts the volume of music emanating from MP3 players, CD players, iPods and Gameboys. Without the iHearSafe Earbuds, music can easily be turned up beyond the 85 decibel threshold identified by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration as the maximum volume a human ear can tolerate before hearing damage begins.
IHearSafe Earbuds have also become an excellent proactive approach for companies to comply with NIOSH (http://www. cdc. gov/niosh/topics/noise/abouthlp/abouthlp. html) guidelines in the work place. Christine's company, Ingemi Corp (http://www. ingemicorp. com), located in New Hampshire recently received a commendation from Governor John Lynch of New Hampshire (http://www. nh. gov/governor/contactus. htm) along with being named April "Innovation Rocks!" Award Winner (http://www. nheconomy. com/index. php? page=ingemi_corporation) presented by New Hampshire Business Resource Center (http://www. nheconomy. com/).
The iHearSafe Earbuds are also among the top 25 Semi-Finalist in The History Channel's Modern Marvels Invent Now Challenge (http://www. history. com/invent/). The finals for the Modern Marvels competition are in New York City and begin on May 10th, 2007.
Ingemi Corp's iHearSafe Earbuds have been recognized as one of the upgraded earbuds on the campaign "Listen To Your Buds" (http://www. listentoyourbuds. com/parents. php? id=21) by the American Speech Language-Hearing Association which is a consumer awareness campaign about the potential risk of hearing loss from unsafe usage of personal audio technology.
IHearSafe Earbuds are the only "safe volume" earbuds that cannot be circumvented that are available. They are a specialty product who's time has come and have been proven a true need through research on noise induced hearing loss from mp3 players.
"This local innovation truly has the ability to change people's lives for the better," said New Hampshire Business Resource Center Director Roy Duddy. "Our children are our most precious resource and this invention was developed with their health and safety as a top priority. I'm thrilled that iHearSafe Earbuds originated right in our own backyard."
With the popularity of iPods today (over 100 million sold) this is a great innovative product with potential to have universal implications to help change the way kids listen to music safely! This "modern marvel" resolves a very preventable problem.
IHearSafe Earbuds are available on-line at www. iHearSafe. com.
###
