Using the Listen Ear™ – Personal Noise Dose Meter
The Listen Ear™ – Personal Noise Dose Meter offers a new approach to Personal Sound Exposure Meters (PSEMs)
With the long term effects of noise harm now better understood and employers facing legal action for failing to provide adequate personal noise monitoring and protection, damage to hearing from noisy workplaces is governed by ever more stringent Health & Safety at work regulations in most countries.
The Listen Ear™ – Personal Noise Dose Meter provides constant personal noise monitoring of a worker’s environment and warns the wearer when they approach, or exceed their daily permitted safe dose.
Containing a Class 2 sound level meter, temperature and humidity sensors in a compact design, Listen Ear™ produces a daily report of the work environment logging Sound, Temperature, Humidity and Movement. Data is available to download as a simple text file for viewing on a PC. An optional App lets you configure, control and monitor Listen Ear™ via Mobile Application connectivity.
Key points
- Compact and light weight design to clip on during the working day.
- Complies to the ‘Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 (UK)’ and international standards: IEC 61672-1, IEC 61252.
- View instantaneous noise level and total exposure of the day on clear LCD display.
- Mobile phone app lets you configure, control and monitor Listen Ear™ via Mobile Application connectivity.
- Battery time 160 hours / 4 working weeks between recharges.
- Charged using USB.
- Two simultaneous dosimeters in one.
- Each Dosimeter (in the one unit) can measure DOSE according to pre-set (ISO, OSHA, NIOSH) or your custom criteria (Exchange Rate, Level, Threshold) for World standards comparisons, in one time recording session.
- Produce a daily report and stats of the work environment.
- Default 8 hour day, adjustable in menu.
- Tamper proof facility.
- Low power radio function – base station mounting.
- Bright green / amber / red LED real time dose alarm warning.
- Contains A, C and Z-weighting filters to mimic the frequencies heard by the human ear.
- Built in or optional external microphone.
- Patented Knock and Vibration Cancelling Technology.
- Simulate the effect of wearing ear defenders.
- Calibrated during manufacture.
- Records sound / temperature / humidity / movement with data logging.
- Data downloadable in an open format (.csv) for simple integration to reporting tools.
- Adjustable data logging time – continuous up to 144h (6 days).
- No USB drivers required to download data.
- Class 2 sound level meter.
- Motion detection with movement and orientation monitor.
- Records temperature and relative humidity.
- Can be used as a standalone temperature / humidity data logger.
- Multi-language user interface.
- Delivered pre-calibrated and with a USB cable for re-charging.
- Available in grey, black or white.
- Range of accessories available.
Listen Ear™ Unique Features
Anti-Knock & Vibration System
A major problem encountered with personal noise dosimeters is distinguishing between true audio impulse noise and extraneous mechanical ‘tapping’ on the personal noise dosimeter casing. The introduction of a Patented Knock and Vibration Cancelling Technology (Pat. App. 2 551 724) to the Listen Ear™ provides an additional level of accuracy to the final result. The Listen Ear™ can detect and eliminate the mechanical tapping noise, therefore the noise exposure measured and recorded is an actual representation of that environment. Number of detected ‘knocks’ is recorded and stored in the report file. The Anti-Knock & Vibration System is not active when the External microphone is connected.
Simulate the effect of wearing ear defenders
If you wish to use your Listen Ear™ whilst wearing hearing protection, then this is possible by inputting the SNR attenuation figure from the specification of your hearing defender or ear plug into the instrument setup. The Listen Ear™ will take note of the new setting and give exposure readings as if measuring at your ear inside the hearing defender earmuff and not outside in the external environment.
Motion detection
This feature monitors the Listen Ear™ motion status. It will detect if the unit is not worn during the recording session. The ‘non motion’ event will be detected if the unit is stationary for at least 10 seconds. Number of events and summary of ‘no motion’ time is recorded in the report file.
Listen Ear™ Mobile App
The Listen Ear™ can be controlled by an android application. The app allows starting and stopping a measurement, displaying the current measurement results and time history graph.
Get the app for your Listen Ear™
The Pambry ListenEar Application for Android smartphone and tablet is designed to remote control the range of Pambry Electronics Listen Ear™ Personal Noise Dose Meters / Personal Noise Dosimeters. It improves your productivity and safety by allowing you to stream measurements in real time wirelessly.
Easy to use
Browse through our “how to” animated guides below.
Switching on and switching off the Listen Ear™ – Personal Noise Dose Meter
Setting-up Pages on the Listen Ear™ – Personal Noise Dose Meter
Connecting an External Microphone to the Listen Ear™ – Personal Noise Dose Meter
Accessing Reports and History Files on the Listen Ear™ – Personal Noise Dose Meter
Setting-up Alerts on the Listen Ear™ – Personal Noise Dose Meter
Setting-up Ear Defenders on the Listen Ear™ – Personal Noise Dose Meter
Setting-up Custom Ear Defenders on the Listen Ear™ – Personal Noise Dose Meter
