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
Table of contents 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
Noise exposure
in 50 years 20 dB more
Ground staff Are concerned
Ground staff
Pilots
Intelligibility
ANR response
Irreversible loss
A universal response
Customized silicone earplug : perfect seal Miniaturized receiver : perfect audio transmission A universal response
Hearing intelligibility Radio signals Vocal alarms OMARA Electronic OMARA Acoustic Filtering Barometric pressure Noise environment Pilots Hearing protection
4’000 Hz Acoustic cues Acoustic cues Flat response
Confort in use Pain: why ? How to prevent ? Long durations How to protect ? OMARA : Perfect combination, protection and intelligibility
Why pain is a killing point ? Helmet pressure Auditive channel path Long durations Bacteries OMARA : Perfect combination, protection and intelligibility
Pain generation
Helmet pressure management
Helmet pressure management
Sw eat Management Sweat ? Consequences ? How to prevent ? OMARA : Perfect combination, protection and intelligibility
Sw eat
3 liters per flight
HeadSet and OMARA
Immediate performance for the users Long term hearing capability Benefits
Conclusion 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
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 Aknow ledgements
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