Calmer: Reduce Stressful Background Noise

Small product. Huge benefits.

A small device worn in the ear to reduce stress. Calmer features a unique technology that reduces distortion in our ears and calms your environment in a subtle, but potentially life-changing way.

• Reduces stressful frequencies without muffling sound

• Perfect for: decreasing over all stress levels, those with sensitive hearing, those with sensitivity to sound associated with autism and aspergers syndrome, hyperacusis, misophonia & help with other hearing conditions

• Soothes sound sensitivities & helps you feel calmer

Helpful in reducing stress while…

• Travelling / commuting

• At work, at school, at home

• In noisy areas like concerts and movie theaters

• Any other use where you want a calmer environment

• Can be worn during sleep to deeply relax the body

How it works:

Calmer sits barely visible in the ear and uses revolutionary, non-electric technology to reduce mid and high frequency distortion without having a detrimental effect on our hearing.

The result is a natural way to minimise today’s constant barrage of environmental noise stressors which have a negative impact on our mental and physical well-being.

Calmer reduces stress by removing distortion that would usually trigger the human ‘fight or flight’ response. While this response was a vital part of our evolution to alert us to the slightest sound or threat, in today’s modern world where we no longer need to be alert to the snap of a twig, this added resonance is loading us with unnecessary stress.

Calmer specifically helps reduce noises that causes stress and anxiety. They do this without reducing the volume so you don’t feel disconnected from the world.

Research:

The World Health Organisation published evidence (2018) that unpleasant, loud or disruptive noise contributes to raised stress levels, a multitude of health issues and even increased risk of premature death.

Calmer’s technology is informed by research from Newcastle University and the Welcome Trust Centre for Neuro-imaging at UCL, which reported in the Journal of Neuroscience that many of the most unpleasant sounds, such as the scraping of a knife against a bottle, fall in the mid frequency range of about 2 kHz to 5 kHz.

Our ears have evolved to alert us to stress by adding over 20 dB of mid-range resonance, which destroys our ability to hear high definition sound or relax in our modern noisy world. This is known as HRTF (Head Related Transfer Function).

Noise triggers a stress response in the Amygdala, a region of the brainstem. Our Amygdala learns what sounds might signal impending danger, and when one of these sounds is detected, the Amygdala starts a release of cortisol (a stress hormone). Cortisol is a steroid hormone that regulates a wide range of processes throughout the body, including metabolism and the immune response. It has a very important role in helping the body respond to stress.

In addition to triggering the release of cortisol, the amygdala is also shown to perform a primary role in the processing of memory, decision-making and emotional responses (including fear, anxiety, and aggression). Part of the Limbic system, its job is to prioritise everything that comes into your brain – the smells, the sights, the tastes, the sounds, the feelings. There are so many things in our lives that we can’t handle being aware of all of them. The result is chronic noise pollution that impacts our long term health.

Noise is unwanted sound, or sound that is unpleasant, loud or disruptive to hearing. This chronic sound load affects our health negatively. Much like poor diet, poor sleep, air pollution, etc... which affects our well-being, the sound we hear has the same effect. But the good news, is that as these trigger frequencies are reduced, so too are your stress levels.

What does Calmer do?

• Reduces stressful frequencies without muffling sound

• Soothes sound sensitivities & helps you feel calmer

Helpful for noise sensitivity in Autism, Aspergers, ADHD, etc...

Hyper-sensitivities (over-responsiveness) and hypo-sensitivities (under-responsiveness) to a wide range of stimuli are often things that autistic people find challenging. These can include sensitivities to sounds, smell, touch and taste. As Calmer reduces frequencies between 2 kHz - 8 kHz irritating noises are reduced to a much more manageable level. Users have found that their audio world becomes more bearable when they wear Calmer.

Calmer removes the resonant effect of the Concha by using a tiny waveguide inside our ears. The Concha is the small curve at the opening of our ear canal which normally resonates mid frequency sounds. By removing this resonance, mid frequency sounds have none of their normal painful aspects.

Features

• Fits comfortably inside the ear, barely visible and easy to remove

• Moulded in soft-touch durable silicone

• 100% Latex free

• Non-electronic & EMF free

• Lower stress levels by removing the common trigger points that usually keep us on edge (phone alerts, sudden loud vocal sounds, dogs barking etc)

• Improves audio experiences by removing a natural resonance found in our ears

• Independently tested by ISVR (Institute of Sound and Vibration Research). Click here to read the Calmer ISVR report

• Made in the UK

• Available in Adult (one-size-fits-most) or Youth

Calmer Adult: Length: 11.7mm, Width: 12.6mm

Calmer Youth: Length: 9.1mm, Width: 10.8mm