Latest Noise reduction Stories
PowerWise Audio Subsystems Simplify Portable Product Design SAN FRANCISCO, March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GLOBALPRESS ELECTRONICS SUMMIT -- National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: NSM) today announced it has extended its family of low-power Boomer(R) Class D audio subsystems with two premium quality devices that simplify portable product design. The LM49352 mixed-signal audio subsystem and LM49151 analog subsystem are targeted at smart phones, full-featured phones, portable gaming devices...
Professional-Grade NoiseBuster Active Noise Reduction Earmuff Delivers Best Hearing Protection WILTON, Conn., March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The NoiseBuster Active Noise Reduction ("ANR") Safety Earmuff is specifically designed to reduce the noise generated by lawn, landscape and garden power equipment such as mowers, loaders, skid steers, compact excavators, chain saws, vacuums, blowers, and other noisy devices. Whether you work in hardscape construction, sports-field site development and...
Cirrus Healthcare Debuts New Earplug Just in Time for Spring Break and Summer Months COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y., March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Cirrus Healthcare Products LLC, the leader in ear health and creator of EarPlanes(R) and BioEars(R), today announced the launch of ClearEars(TM). ClearEars are revolutionary earplugs containing an FDA approved polymer that draws water from the ears. Water trapped in the ears after swimming, or even bathing, can lead to Swimmer's Ear, a painful infection...
LAS VEGAS, March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony has refreshed its line of high-end EX-series earbud headphones with four new models that offer first-class sound, style and comfort. This unique line of earbuds features removable hybrid silicone rubber tips in three sizes that fit snugly inside the ear canal to provide high quality audio. Basically, it is a hybrid of soft external silicone for a gentle fit and rigid internal silicone for minimizing sound leakage. The top-of-the-line MDR-EX300LP...
Visit Pro Tech Technologies, Inc. at Booth #1167 of the Aviation Industry Expo, March 10-12, Las Vegas Convention Center; Win A Free NoiseBuster WILTON, Conn., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Specifically designed to reduce aircraft engine noise for airport ground support crews as well as aircraft maintenance and technical personnel, the NoiseBuster Active Noise Reduction ("ANR") Safety Earmuff combines an ANSI-rated 26NRR passive earmuff with active noise reduction electronics that deliver up to...
New ST filters pass more audio and less noise than discrete or integrated alternatives GENEVA, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- More than 75% of cellular handsets will ship with MP3 capability in 2010, making audio performance a focus area for designers. New handset designs will demand improvements in noise reduction that can be enabled by the new EMIF02-SPK02F2 filter, today announced by STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a world leader in analog ICs. The EMIF02-SPK02F2 occupies only 0.89...
New research shows that MP3 headphones placed within an inch of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) may interfere with the devices. In some cases they might even keep the defibrillator from delivering its lifesaving shock, according to doctors who tested them."Headphones contain magnets, and some of these magnets are powerful," Dr. William Maisel, who led he study, told the Associated Press.Maisel, a cardiologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in...
By The Buffalo News, N.Y. Jun. 22--WASHINGTON -- The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority has received its latest $4.7 million installment of federal funding for its $60 million, 10-year noise-abatement plan at Buffalo Niagara International Airport. The grant will be used for noise abatement for 80 homes, benefiting 276 people, in Cheektowaga and Amherst. Sen. Charles E. Schumer and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton announced the grant. "The funds being delivered . . . will ensure that...
By Charnicia E. HugginsNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The ever-popular earbuds used with many iPods and other MP3 players may be more stylish than the bigger and bulkier earmuff-type headphones, but they may also be more damaging to one's hearing, according to a Northwestern professor."No one really knows for sure" the levels at which iPod users listen to music, but "what we do know is that young people like their music loud and seldom worry about any decline in hearing...
Nearly two-thirds say ears are ringing as they leave rock concertsHealthDayNews -- While the high-decibel entertainment young Americans enjoy at rock concerts and clubs may be wrecking their hearing, most music fans say preventing hearing loss remains a low priority, a new MTV-based survey finds.But there's good news: Once made aware of the potential for permanent hearing loss, many kids interviewed said they'd consider using earplugs when noise levels rise to dangerous highs.Earplugs...
