It really is a trivial matter but it must be done. It’s simple. DO IT.

About time. They needed to do this years ago.

Not long after passage of legislation like this, a bill will pass limiting the volume level that dissenting voices can be broadcast at. If you don’t like loud commercials, complain to the networks, not Congress.

Hah, complain to the networks? What good what that do? That’s a product they sell. Why would they let callers take away a product they sell. And I don’t see any network out there which advertises itself as a noise neutral one.

What’s next? Where does it end? I mean seriously? Maybe I should ask congress to pass a bill that will limit how loud my neighbors can be during the day. Quit the childs play and start doing something serious with the money that I never gave the Federal Government permission to take, like protect our Great United States. It is small things like this that allow our goverment to slowly, quietly trample our rights.

There is a critical health and disibility issues at stake in HR 1084, persons with neurological disorders and sensory integration dysfunction. If you have not been affected by one of these disorders, you may not understand.

I am a neuroscientist and am familiar with these issues. Both repetitive and sudden loud sounds are often “triggers” of further neurologic sequeal, incl., behavioral outbursts.

The practice whereby one’s TV set volume is substantially and suddenly raised clearly represents a “trigger” of neurologic sequeala in perhaps millions of U.S. viewers. There are a wide range of neurological disorders at issue here, from post TBI, post concussion, migraine, autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, PTSD, post tumor, developmental, to name a few. Many are unaware the TV commercial practice is actually a trigger. You also commonly see diminished cognitive reasoning and headache, in addition to behavioral changes. Hope this helps your understanding of HR 1084.

Totally support. Needs to pass.

It’s about time a bill like this was introduced. Watching TV at a volume level I set and then being blasted by commercials is akin to invasion of my home.

It has been very hard to watch tv at night when other people are sleeping and have to babysit the volume the way it is now. It isnt fair to them or me.

On noise emissions and related sensory integration disorders, I recently submitted a request to my city for a “reasonable accommodation” to excess noise and emissions from construction equipment in my neighborhood. There are no standards on noise emissions and use of machinery in residential neighborhoods. Yet, try having a party and making some noise. The police will be all over you. Sound has 3 key effect components: overall volume, EQ span between lowest and highest parts of the audio, and rhythmic pattern or intonation. Each of these then go a long way in determining the EFFECT of the sound on the listener. After the economy worsened, audio EQ in commercials became more intense and provocative. They really want your attention.
Despite the above conditions, I have found that playing percussion instruments in drum circles has therapeutic benefits in strengthening the brain’s audio processing skill. Like physical therapy for the brain. I highly recommend it.

Oh no, not another stupid bill coming our way. Answer me this: why are these clowns considering making rules on something that appears to be this simple, yet WAY, WAY past their pay grade and understanding?

1. In all probability, there is not a single rep or senator who could explain what modulation is.
2. What method of measurement will be used? Traditional sound pressure measurements or psychoacoustical measurements and analysis? The progressive morons in congress have no idea what I am talking about here
3. What “experts” will the marxist FCC drum up to create and implement this rule?

Keep in mind congressman and senator when you go down paths like this, there are consequences to ridiculous things like this. Let the MARKET dictate such measures, not legislation. Stay out of my home!

I deal in acoustics. These legislative morons DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING!

In final, just HOW MANY JOBS WILL THIS IDIOTIC PIECE OF LEGISLATION CREATE???

Thank you for posting the first truly informed comment on this page. I read about this bill months ago when it was first introduced and thought nothing of it (except to wonder who the lucky moron is that gets paid to think of acronyms like Commercial Advertising Loudness Mitigation) until I read about it in the paper this week. This is pure entitlement legislation. People think they are entitled to have TV the way they want it, when reality is that they aren’t entitled to anything from a TV and are actually very fortunate to have TV at all. How is Congress able to push through this entitlement legislation so easily and quietly? Our country already has far too many entitlement laws in place. This is the last thing we need.

“Loud” commercials aren’t unfair to anyone, just inconvenient to people that are too lazy to turn the volume down, or better yet, turn off the TV.