Patent ID: 11963849
Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  H | IPC A  H

Claim 16:
17. A dual hearing protection system comprising:
a wireless system network;
a first hearing protection unit configured to operate in an independent mode and a dual protection mode;
a second hearing protection unit configured to operate in an independent mode and a dual protection mode; and
wherein, upon detecting that both the first and second hearing protection units have joined the wireless system network, each of the first and second hearing protection units switch from operating in the independent mode to operating in the dual protection mode wherein operating in an independent mode comprises using an independent mode level dependent parameter, and operating in dual protection mode comprises using a dual protection mode level dependent parameter and wherein, in the dual-protection mode, the first active hearing protection unit receives ambient environment sounds and conducts a first processing operation, and wherein the second active hearing protection unit receives a processed sound from the first processing operation and conducts a second processing operation.