ACCES
ACCES® products are unique in the world and are currently made exclusively by Westone. Westone Laboratories partnered with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement to research, design, build and test communications earplugs with the goal of improving hearing protection and communications for military pilots and ground crews.
The primary benefit of ACCES® (Attenuating Custom Communications Earpiece System) is it offers greatly improved speech intelligibility in noisy environments. Military aviation personnel are exposed to hazardous acoustic noise that degrades hearing and communications. The F-22, and legacy Air Force and Navy fighter aircraft, generate up to 150 decibels. Current hearing protection is inadequate. Personnel wearing current protection are often overexposed in seconds or minutes.
By integrating specialized electronics into custom-molded earpieces, ACCES® allows wearers to experience clear audio communications while protecting their ears from damaging noise common in aerospace environments. ACCES® provides an average of 30 dB noise reduction, while allowing clear communication in high-noise environments. Designed to interface with sophisticated communications systems, ACCES® earpieces provide the highest performance and most repeatable fit and seal of any hearing protection device. ACCES® has been approved as safe-to-fly in Air Force fighter, bomber, and cargo aircraft. Westone is currently working on a version for Air Force and Army helicopters.
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GSA Products
We provide hearing protection and communications products to US government agencies.
Go to GSAAdvantage.gov and look for 'Westone ACCES'.