Thank you, Judy. That is exactly our thought. This bill is on the table and it's an opportunity.
There is no health benefit to having a toy at 100 decibels. There's absolutely no health benefit. There's no reason to have legislation that has a decibel level reading of 100 decibels for toys.
The other issue is the way that children play with toys. The government cannot legislate that a child play with a toy at arm's length. The current legislation does take into account toys that are meant to be held close to the ear, such as toy cell phones, etc., at a lower decibel level, but often children play with normal toys in ways that are much closer than arm's length, which is a current testing protocol.
We can address this through the product safety legislation or it can be addressed through regulations. It's the expertise of this committee that we're relying on to look at the best opportunity to address this important hearing health issue.