SLIDE 1 OMARA's Extreme Noise Management : comfort in use and reliability
By OMARA Team, Amplifon SA, Isabelle Hovart, Olivier Gaches, François Legros
Avenue de la Gare 43bis, 1001 Lausanne/Switzerland
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Who we are ? Noise exposure : A cost problem More and more noise… Hearing damage Comfort in use Sweat management Headsets and OMARA: a new breakthrough OMARA : Perfect combination, protection and intelligibility
Table of contents
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Noise exposure
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20 dB more in 50 years
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Are concerned
Ground staff
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Ground staff
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Pilots
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Intelligibility
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ANR response
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Irreversible loss
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A universal response
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A universal response
Customized silicone earplug : perfect seal Miniaturized receiver : perfect audio transmission
SLIDE 14 OMARA Electronic OMARA Acoustic Filtering Radio signals Barometric pressure Vocal alarms Noise environment
Pilots
Hearing intelligibility
Hearing protection
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Acoustic cues Flat response 4’000 Hz
Acoustic cues
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Pain: why ? How to prevent ? Long durations How to protect ? OMARA : Perfect combination, protection and intelligibility
Confort in use
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Helmet pressure Auditive channel path Long durations Bacteries OMARA : Perfect combination, protection and intelligibility
Why pain is a killing point ?
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Pain generation
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Helmet pressure management
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Helmet pressure management
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Sweat ? Consequences ? How to prevent ? OMARA : Perfect combination, protection and intelligibility
Sw eat Management
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Sw eat
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3 liters per flight
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HeadSet and OMARA
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Benefits
Immediate performance for the users Long term hearing capability
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Improved Comfort : no pain even during long flights Improved Sweat Management: a longer reliability OMARA in headsets: a strong new momentum OMARA : Perfect combination, protection and intelligibility
Conclusion
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Soo James, QinetiQ UK T.Walther, Sw iss Air Force, CH Pierre de Goumoëns,Sw iss Air Force, CH Dave Desmond, USA Mikko Nieminen, Fi EVAA, France
- T. Chouffot, Sécurité Civile, France