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Active Acoustic and Bone Conduction Noise Cancellation for 150 dB(A) Noise…

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Air Force 		Award ID:
57521 		Program Year/Program:
2002 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
021HE-2772 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Etegent Technologies, LTD
1775 Mentor Avenue Suite 302 Cincinnati, OH -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2002
Title: Active Acoustic and Bone Conduction Noise Cancellation for 150 dB(A) Noise Environments
Agency / Branch: DOD / USAF
Contract: F33616-02-M-6055
Award Amount: $99,926.00
 

Abstract:

There is a great need for improved hearing protection equipment with integral communication for high noise military environments such as flight lines and aircraft carrier flight decks. Deep insertion, communication earplugs (Attenuating CustomCommunication Earplug - ACCES) combined with earmuffs are the current, state-of-the-art. Through a separate Program Research and Development Announcement (NR:01-01-HE, "Active Noise Reduction Earplug System") the Air Force is soliciting approaches to addactive noise reduction capability to the ACCES earplugs to improve the low frequency noise reduction. Regardless of the reduction in acoustic pressure that can be achieved near the eardrum by any means, the factor limiting the reduction in perceivedloudness (cochlear response) is bone conduction of acoustic energy directly to the cochlea. SDL proposes an innovative study that accounts for both the acoustic and bone conduction pathway contributions to cochlear response, evaluating the feasibility ofactively attenuating the cochlear response attributable to both mechanisms. This technology has immediate commercial application to civilian industrial sectors including the airline industry, firefighters, law enforcement, search and rescue, industrialhigh pressure cleaning and sandblasting, mining and other areas.

Principal Investigator:

Stuart Shelley
Principal
5136310579
sshelley@sdltd.com

Business Contact:

Stuart Shelley
Principal
5136310579
sshelley@sdltd.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

Sheet Dynamics, Limited
1776 Mentor Avenue Suite 170 Cincinnati, OH 45212

EIN/Tax ID: 311476846
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No