The Legend of Kenny PowEARs

Kenny PowEARs, our Sound Level Meter (SLM) mannequin, is a contestant in a Healthy Hearing challenge for the American Academy of Audiology to foster awareness of the dangers of noise exposure. He's competing against SLM mannequins from SAA chapters across the country, and could win our chapter $250, as well as the honor of the Outreach Project in Hearing Loss Prevention Trophy. 

Some enterprising members of our chapter (Emma LeBlanc, Jamie Marotto, Lauren Pasquesi, and Britta Swedenborg) created a video detailing Kenny's illustrious past (of which this author was previously unaware) and philanthropic present.

P.S. -- Kenny would love to be your friend on Facebook.

Eric Barrett, Jamie Marotto, Kenny PowEARs, Lauren Pasquesi,
and Emma LeBlanc

This past weekend, several of us attended a Special Olympics Basketball Game at Mother McAuley High School to promote awareness about the dangers of noise exposure. We brought our "Jolene"-inspired sound level meter (SLM) mannequin, Kenny PowEARs, to record the sound pressure level (SPL)s of athletes' earphones. We also distributed flyers with information on noise-induced hearing loss and how to limit the SPL of their personal listening devices. We measured the output SPL of many attendees' personal listening devices, as well as that of the gym throughout the game. We plan on bringing Kenny along to many other events in the future!