While in either mode, another positive benefit of the EB 15 is
your ability to track the location of where an unknown shooter
just fired. Etymotic has done extensive scientific testing with
existing military hearing devices versus several of theirs.
Etymotic’s openly published the impressive results along
with the processes on their website. Needless to say, the
results give a huge advantage to military and law enforcement
to maintain communication, situational awareness and hearing
protection with an added benefit of hearing enhancement.
OVERVIEW FROM ETYMOTIC
EB15•LE electronic earplugs are designed for those who want
to maintain natural hearing while protecting their ears from
impulse and continuous loud noises like gunfire, explosions,
vehicles, and machinery.
Primitive hearing protection devices plug, cover or plug and
cover our ears. These devices create a comical scene of people
trying to communicate with no sense of hearing. This is just not
practical and compared to today’s technology, it is completely
out of date. Have you ever had a person in your group talking so
loud, everyone in a half square mile radius could hear them?
Sometimes that can be embarrassing, such as a guy yelling,
“Hey man, I think that girl is checking me out!” Well, if she
wasn’t, she and everyone in the restaurant are now. In the
tactical community, communication and stealth are vital to the
operation, yet the need for hearing protection not an option, it
is an absolute must.
PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT
GEA
The challenge with hearing protection lies in trying to retain
total environmental awareness without the risk of either acute
or chronic hearing loss. So how can we improve our hearing and
the minds ability to process what we hear while protecting a
valuable sensory tool like our ears? The answer comes from the
good folks at Etymotic (https://www.etymotic.com) . They have
many high quality products to offer at affordable prices that will
not only protect your hearing but improve the quality of the
sound you hear to acceptable levels for the best interpretation.
I personally have been using the “ETYMOTIC High-Definition
Electronic EB 15-LE Blast PLG Earplugs”. These plugs are created
for Law Enforcement, SWAT teams and anyone that may be in
a combat environment. The EB 15 Blast Plugs are designed so
you maintain your natural hearing while protecting your hearing
from continuous and impulse noise above safe levels.
When wearing the EB 15, you are still able to communicate
without yelling, provided everyone in your party is wearing a
pair. The sound is uncompromised even though you have the
device in your ears. There are two modes on the EB 15. The
first setting is an adaptive hearing protection while maintaining
blast protection. The second setting offers 5 times the hearing
enhancement while still maintaining blast protection.
So what can the EB 15 offer for you? As a tactical squad
commander, you could communicate with your team while
maintaining normal hearing. Also, you could enhance your
hearing by 5x the normal level with the same benefits, while
being protected from damage caused by flash bang deployment
or gunfire. Another added benefit with the EB 15’s enhanced
mode comes in equipping you with the ability to hear more
efficiently than your adversary, in turn giving you the advantage
in detecting him before he does you.
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