Calmer Kids is for children aged 5-12 years old to reduce stress and distractions caused by everyday noise. Noise-sensitive children often notice the effect immediately, whereas others may need to wear Calmer Kids for 5-10 minutes in a noisy setting and then remove them to appreciate the stress reduction that Calmer Kids is delivering.

Calmer Kids is a hollow, soft silicone, ear tool that reduces ear resonance. It’s not a traditional earplug and it doesn’t block or muffle sound which means children don’t experience the occlusion effect that is common with all other earplugs. Calmer Kids fits discreetly inside the ear and can be worn for long periods of time to improve learning and reduce distractions.

Calmer Kids allows children to communicate perfectly and is designed to become part of their everyday routine. They should wear Calmer Kids just before they enter a noisy space and keep it in their ears until they leave so that they minimise their stress response. Typical places to wear Calmer Kids include... Classrooms, Playgrounds, Busy Places, Public Transport, Hospitals, Restaurants, Cafes, Shops and more.

Calmer Kids alters the internal shape of children’s ears to reduce ear resonance at frequencies between 2-8 kHz. This children’s version is a smaller size, features super-soft silicone and specific sound-tuning for young, sensitive ears. They feature a flat surface inside a hollow soft silicone design to improve how sound reflects inside our ears. This helps reduce stress from sound with no volume reduction or muffling - just a calmer way of hearing.

According to The World Health Organisation (WHO), environmental noise is the second biggest killer after air pollution. They highlight that just a 10dB increase in daily traffic noise exposure leads to a significant increase in heart attack, obesity and stroke because it creates additional stress on our bodies due to the increased release of the stress hormone cortisol.

Following two decades of research in sound and hearing, we have discovered that noise is not the only problem - the shape of our ears also has a significant impact. Our ears are shell-like shapes that have evolved to increase stress response to sound by resonating sound at frequencies between 2kHz – 8kHz. This resonance triggers the release of cortisol. Whilst the effects of HRTF have been known and studied for some time, we are the first to realise that our ear shape plays a role in the release of cortisol and have developed unique technology to address the issue.