Sound AlertTM
Monaural Headphone
Model 2985PG
The Sound AlertTM headphone |
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visibly signals to students and |
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teachers when the headphone |
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volume is louder than the |
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American Speech-Language- |
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Hearing Associationrecommended |
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85dB level. |
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When the volume that is played |
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through the headphone exceeds |
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85 decibels, a bright red warning |
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light on the earcup turns on, |
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alerting both the teacher and |
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student about an unsafe sound |
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level requiring adjustment. |
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Having an appropriate volume |
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level pointedout will help teachers |
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and students learn safe and |
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lifelong listening practices, |
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beginning in the classroom, |
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learning center, or school library. |
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According to a March 2006 |
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national poll commissioned by |
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the American Speech-Language- |
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Hearing Association, 40% of |
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students reportedly set their |
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music players’ volume above 85 deci |
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exceeded. If music can be heard coming from a student's headphone, the volume is too loud and |
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the student is at risk of experiencing hearing loss. |
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Hearing loss can lead to many problems in school including: difficulty with |
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academic achievement in language arts, vocabulary, arithmetic, and problem |
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solving. Students with hearing loss score lower on achievement tests, and have |
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greater needs for special education or extra support in the classroom. |
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This durable headphone is based on the rugged Califone monaural headphone, |
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which is the educator’s standard for listening centers, ELL and ELD and other |
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language learning activities. |
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The Sound Alert headphone can be used as a normal headphone |
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without charging the battery, but the warning LED feature will |
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not operate. The headphone saves power by shutting off when |
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no audio signal is present for 60 seconds and will power on |
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automatically when there is an audio signal present. |
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Also available is the 10-position Sound AlertTM monaural jackbox. |
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With the sound level monitored from this jackbox, the volume |
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from up to ten attached headphones (not needing to be the |
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2985PG) can be adjusted to the safe 85 decibel level. |
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10-position Sound AlertTM Jackbox, model 1285G |
Califone® International Inc. 800-722-0500 califone.com |
2985PG, May 2008