Communication Earplug and Active Noise Reduction: Hearing Protection Technologies for Air Warrior.

Abstract

The U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory (USAARL) participated in the development and testing of two emerging hearing protection technologies for Army aircrew members: communications earplug (CEP), and active noise reduction (ANR). Air Warrior is a program to develop the next generation, integrated, aircrew life support, and combat protection ensemble. The CEP or ANR may be part of the Air Warrior hearing protection strategy. This article compares the two technologies for compatibility with the Army aircrew member helmet and aircraft internal communication systems. In their current state of development, CEP provides better hearing protection, speech discrimination, and crash protection, lower weight and cost, and less need to modify existing aircraft systems compared to ANR.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA304622

Entities

People

  • Ben T. Mozo
  • Kevin T. Mason

Organizations

  • United States Army Aeromedical Research Lab

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Automated Speech Recognition
  • Communication Systems
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Discrimination
  • Hearing Protection
  • Noise
  • Noise Reduction
  • Social Sciences

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

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