Eave鈥檚 ear defenders use 鈥榟ear through鈥� technology that reduces loud background noise but still let the wearer hold a conversation. The smart headsets also monitor and map noise exposure, allowing employers to analyse each worker鈥檚 noise exposure across a site.
The company says that it already supplies 13 of the top 20 construction contractors in the UK and some are mandating the use of active hearing defenders as a result of trails with Eave.
Eave鈥檚 new investor is Pembroke VCT and the 拢2m will be used to accelerate international expansion through 2021.
Eave鈥檚 hearing protection system comprises its FocusLite smart ear defenders and Peak, a cloud-based risk monitoring and prevention platform. Eave customers equip their workforces with FocusLite headsets, which gather real-time data on construction site noise as well as the wearer鈥檚 exposure rate, and feed it through to Peak, where the data is analysed by health & safety managers and/or site managers, who use it to manage or eliminate noise-related risks.聽聽聽
Eave was founded by audiologist David Greenberg, in 2015 and received early-stage funding from FORWARD.one and private investors.
Dr Greenberg said: 鈥淣oise-induced hearing loss is a huge problem 鈥� it鈥檚 the number one occupational disease in Europe and accounts for about a third of all work-related disease. It鈥檚 also extremely prevalent amongst construction workers. Our partnership with Pembroke VCT is incredibly exciting 鈥� because it will allow us to double down on our strategy of getting construction businesses to mandate active hearing protection with integrated noise monitoring across all their sites 鈥� and get us that bit closer to achieving our long-term goal of totally eliminating the loneliness and isolation caused by hearing loss.鈥�
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