SBIR/STTR Research Award
True Awareness Hearing Protector(1001-920)
Award amount
$79,980Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2013Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- TRITON SYSTEMS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2013-02-01
- Contract end date
- 2013-08-01
- UEI
- DA91DUWSMSQ7
- Solicitation number
- 2012.3
- Topic code
- N123-154
Research abstract
The use of passive hearing protection that protects against transient impact noise and at the same time allows ambient sound will enable Marines to continue to hear and respond in combat, thereby enhancing situational awareness, while blocking and/or reflecting harmful blast shock waves in the ear canal. Current ear plugs and over-the-ear muffs block both loud sounds and the sound of normal speech. As a result, they are not worn when needed, or are worn in a manner that permits normal verbal communication but that makes the devices ineffective for hearing protection. An inexpensive earplug design is proposed that will provide protection from high noise levels without impeding auditory awareness.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Coatings for Reliable Compact Rotary Engines
- Pre and Post Weld Heating Innovations
- Biological Noise Modeling for Active and Passive Sonar System Performance Predictions
- Ambient Acoustic Noise Cancelling for Military Boom Microphones
- Advanced Fretting Fatigue Life Prediction Method for Naval Aerospace Applications
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Hearing Armro - Next Generation Passive Hearing Protection
- Next Generation Passive Hearing Protection
- Next Generation Passive Hearing Protection
Research funding history
927 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1993–2026). Reported award amounts total $388,500,403. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Transportation