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How Do We Communicate With Hearing Protection On?

Hearing protection doesn’t have to mean cutting yourself off from the people and environment around you. Modern communication hearing protection allows workers to stay protected from harmful noise while still being able to hear, speak and communicate clearly.


Whether you need simple face-to-face communication, a wireless intercom, two-way radio communication, or a combination of all three, the system can be configured around the way your team works.


Direct Communication

Talk directly with the people around you while remaining protected.


With Hear-Through technology, users can hear voices, warnings, alarms and important environmental sounds without removing their hearing protection. This allows workers to communicate naturally with colleagues standing nearby while continuing to protect their hearing from hazardous noise.


Hear-Through can be particularly useful around machinery, vehicles, workshops, construction sites, industrial environments and other high-noise areas, where removing hearing protection to have a conversation is not practical or safe.


Users can:

  • Speak directly with colleagues
  • Hear warnings and alarms
  • Maintain awareness of their surroundings
  • Hear machinery and other important environmental sounds
  • Keep their hearing protection in place

 

Wireless Intercom

 

When your team needs to communicate beyond normal talking distance, a wireless intercom provides a seamless solution.

 

Users can be connected through a fully wireless intercom system, allowing team members to communicate over considerable distances as though they were standing next to each other.

 

This is ideal where workers are spread across a worksite, vessel, vehicle, event or operational area and need continuous communication without shouting or removing their hearing protection.

 

Depending on the system, users can communicate while moving freely around the operating area, helping improve coordination, productivity and safety.

 

Two-Way Radio

 

For longer-range communication, hearing protection can be connected directly to a two-way radio.

 

The radio can be integrated with the user's hearing protection, allowing them to communicate with other radio users while keeping their hearing protection on.

 

This provides the benefits of professional radio communications while maintaining hearing protection and hands-free operation where required.

 

Intercom + Radio

 

For more demanding communication requirements, you don't have to choose between an intercom and a radio.

 

A system can be configured to provide both intercom and radio communications, allowing users to communicate with nearby team members through the intercom while also connecting to a wider radio network.

 

For example, a worker could communicate directly with their immediate team over the intercom, while a supervisor or designated user can also communicate with another work group through the radio.

 

This creates a flexible communication network where different users can have different levels of connectivity, depending on their role.

 

Build the System Around Your Requirements

 

There is no single communication setup that suits every workplace. Your hearing protection and communication system can be configured according to how many people need to communicate, the distance between users, the noise environment and whether radio communication is required.

 

Choose from:

  • Direct → Hear-Through for face-to-face communication and environmental awareness
  • Intercom → Wireless communication between team members
  • Radio → Long-range communication using two-way radios
  • Combination → Intercom and radio integrated into the same communication solution
  • One System. Multiple Ways to Communicate.

 

The goal is simple: keep your hearing protected without disconnecting you from your team.

 

Whether you're working next to someone in a noisy environment or communicating with a team member hundreds of metres away, the right communication hearing protection system can help you Hear Clearly, Communicate Clearly and Hear Safe.

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