About Listen To Your Buds

To raise awareness about hearing health, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) developed the award-winning “Listen To Your Buds” campaign. The campaign educates the very young about practicing safe listening habits such as turning down the volume and taking listening breaks when they use personal audio technology so they can avoid the devastating, lifelong effects that can accompany hearing loss.

Recent research both in the United States and abroad indicates that misuse of the technology has the potential to cause noise-induced hearing loss.

Be a bud of the Buds and spread the word about the Listen To Your Buds campaign. Share its safe listening message with your children, students, family, and friends.

How to Get Help

If you have a child who may have a hearing, speech, or language problem, have the child evaluated by an ASHA-certified audiologist or speech-language pathologist. To find an audiologist or speech-language pathologist in your area, use ASHA’s online ProSearch or call 800-638-TALK (8255).