Hearing Protection Headsets For Portable Two-Way Radios

Many two-way radio users require headsets to be able to hear the radio in noisy locations. Radio users in industries like construction, manufacturing, emergency services, airports or seaports, and energy industries benefit from hearing protection. Many safety policies now state the workers must have hearing protection when working in medium to excessive noise environments.

Workers that require the use of a Two-Way Radio and require hearing protection rely on headsets from manufactures like Peltor and Motorola, to help with this requirement.

3 Levels of Protection

1. Light duty Headsets – For very low noise environments, where hearing protection is not the main issue, but that generally there hands are busy doing work. (Retail or Hospitality) example of this type of product is the Motorola HMN9013.

2. Medium Duty Headsets – For users that are in medium noise environments, for example manufacturing, Emergency Services when fire fighters are working close to the pump, and some construction applications when they are protected from ambient noise. Example of this product is the Motorola HMN9022.

3. Heavy Duty Headsets – Are for users in extreme noise environments, for example Airports or Seaports, construction workers in machinery, or heavy manufacturing plants. Examples of this type of headset are the Motorola BDN6648.

There are Bluetooth headsets are also available for users that should not have cords around there work area for safety reasons.