AdaptEar
AdaptEar is an innovative new product that protects earpiece users from acoustic shock and high levels of sound.
The original idea for AdaptEar came from BAFTA award winning sound engineer, Steve Blincoe, who along with his colleagues in broadcasting was using earpieces with PMRs and other broadcast communications systems. Steve realised that earpieces are very sensitive and require little power to generate some very high levels of sound, whilst PMRs are designed to work with low sensitivity headsets. Using them together can be a dangerous combination due to the high level of sound they can generate.
Steve also observed the difficulty of connecting to different types of PMR and broadcast communications systems and the problem of monitoring two sources simultaneously. AdaptEar was specified to solve these problems.
The Solution
Steve Blincoe now had an outline specification for AdaptEar and contacted eminent design engineer, Richard Glover, with whom he had worked before, and together they designed and manufactured the product that we offer today.
AdaptEar is fitted in-line between the Walkie Talkie or Private Mobile Radio (PMR), broadcast communications system and the user’s earpieces. Once adjusted to match the sensitivity of the earpieces AdaptEar provides the user with protection against acoustic shock and high levels of sound. The sensitivity adjustment allows the user to use different earpieces in different situations. AdaptEar has two inputs enabling the user to monitor two sources simultaneously, for example two PMRs, a PMR and an MP3 player or a PMR and a Smartphone.
