BSIF ‘s Product Innovation winner
August 1st 2005

The new Sonomax system available from Hagemeyer won the 2005 BSIF Product Innovation Award.

Hagemeyer launched SonoCustom from Sonomax - a ground breaking new hearing protection system at the Safety & Health Expo.

The Sonomax hearing protection system has acoustic filters that effectively eliminate 'toxic noise' dangers while still permitting the user to hear voice communications.

Each system is customfitted to the wearer and adapted by a bespoke computer software process to a safe noise exposure level for the employee.

Extremely comfortable, the new SonoCustom reduces the chance that wearers will remove their hearing protection when it starts to cause discomfort, as they often do with other products.

It's the first hearing product that can be qualitatively and quantitatively tested for measurable and safe hearing protection.

Allowing safe noise into the ear, the Sonomax system lasts for three years, which will also lead to a reduction in the waste associated with disposable plugs. Cost savings can also be shown against foam earplugs.

The launch of SonoCustom comes at a time when hearing protection is high on the health and safety agenda.

Recent research estimates that 170,000* people in the UK suffer deafness, tinnitus or other ear conditions as a result of exposure to excessive noise in the workplace.

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