LimitEar, designers of the world’s most innovative hearing protection solutions for earpiece users, is proud to add both Gary Imlach and Ned Boulting to its continually expanding customer base. Gary and Ned are very familiar faces on ITV4’s coverage of the 2,200 mile, three week race and their use of AdaptEar® helped them give us some of the best coverage ever.
The Tour de France was first staged in 1903 and 2011 saw some of the most exciting and eventful racing ever. From the first Australian winner in the history of the race to the cyclist needing 33 stitches after being forced into a barbed wire fence by a French TV car.
Presenter Gary Imlach used his AdaptEar extensively during the coverage and found it invaluable. Broadcasting live from the stage finish towns across France, he had to be able to hear communications and cues. AdaptEar allowed him to do this as well as protecting him from the potential dangers of acoustic shock. The AdaptEar connects simply and quickly between the radio and the earpiece and instantaneously protects the user from high sound levels whilst allowing normal noises through with no attenuation or distortion.
Gary said that “When the excitement mounts, voices get raised and the total noise in our earpieces can get quite high as you would expect. AdaptEar let me hear everything clearly whilst keeping volumes at a comfortable level”.
The inset photo of Gary Imlach using his AdaptEar was actually taken by Olympic gold medal winner and world champion cyclist Chris Boardman MBE, who is also a member of the ITV4 team.