New Comply™ Foam Tips Enhance Classified Law Enforcement Communication and Provide Situational Safety

OAKDALE, Minn., Aug. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- From maintaining private communication with team members to recognizing nearby threats, law enforcement and safety officers rely heavily on their hearing to survive. To enable officers to hear their surroundings while preserving confidential audio communication, Hearing Components has introduced the Comply™ Foam Tips A-100, which enhance communication and listen-only surveillance kits.

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Designed with the specific requirements of the law enforcement and public safety markets, the new Comply Foam Tips A-100 is available online at complyfoampro.com and through selected market partners. The first market partner to incorporate the product is Ear Phone Connection, Inc., which launched the Comply Foam Tips A-100 with the company's Tactical Ear Gadgets communication devices earlier in 2011.

"It's critical that safety and security professionals are always aware of their surroundings – from capturing private radio transmissions to hearing the outside environment –so they can respond quickly and appropriately," says Ruben Scheimberg, owner of Ear Phone Connection, Inc. "Adding Comply Foam Tips A-100 to our Fox and Hawk devices ensures that they will provide the necessary communication function with the essential element of situational awareness to officers in the field."

A natural expansion of Hearing Components' offerings, the company began by creating patented foam tip solutions for military and industrial environments where communication and hearing protection are critical.

"For more than 20 years we've designed Comply Foam Tips for consumer electronics, military and industrial applications, and see great potential for patented foam tip technologies to improve in-ear comfort, communication and consciousness for safety professionals," says Steve Thompson, director of sales and marketing for Hearing Components. "Comply Foam Tips A-100 increase officer safety by keeping them alert and informed during all activities – from traffic stops and crowd control, to the most critical of missions."

Designed specifically for environments where covert communication and environmental awareness are equally important, the A-100 tips feature patented "dual foam" technology to hold communication devices securely in the ear during fast-paced physical activities. The A-100 tips are made of unique "open cell" foam that lowers noise isolation to allow outside sounds in and reduce the echo effect often associated with in-ear communication devices.

Worn for extended periods of time, comfort and fit are important aspects of in-ear communications devices. The fast-recovery foam used in the A-100 tips remains comfortable during extended use, reducing irritation and ear fatigue.

In addition to Ear Phone Connection's Hawk and Fox communication devices, Comply Foam Tips A-100 can be used with the majority of acoustic tube surveillance kits on the market, providing an upgrade in comfort and retention over the standard rubber tips included. For more information about the Comply Foam Tips A-100 and a complete list of compatible products visit www.complyfoam.com.

About Hearing Components

Comply™ Foam Tips, Comply™ Canal Tips, Noise Reduction Earphones, and Whoomp!™ Earbud Enhancers are manufactured and sold by Hearing Components, a 3M spin-off founded in 1990 by Dr. Robert Oliveira. The patented technology was developed through several grants by the National Institutes of Health to improve and protect hearing. In addition to applications in law enforcement and public safety, the technology is currently used in military communications, industrial high-noise environments, consumer electronics, hearing aids and in commercial aviation. Hearing Components is located in the Twin Cities suburb of Oakdale, Minnesota. For more information visit www.complyfoampro.com

SOURCE Hearing Components

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