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Target objects where identified by auditory commands sourced from the Coordinate Response Measure (CRM) corpus sentences of the form: \u201c\n                      <jats:italic>Ready &amp;lt; call sign &amp;gt; go to &amp;lt; color &amp;gt; &amp;lt; number &amp;gt; now<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u201d. The color\/number pair indicated the target (e.g., blue four = blue square on screen). CRM sentences were masked by background environmental noise, with sounds either left unaltered or digitally filtered to simulate HPD wearing. After completing 8 blocks alternating between no HPD and HPD conditions, participants were given the option to choose whether or not to \u201cwear\u201d the simulated HPD in an additional block that could earn them bonus pay for their participation. They were then queried as to how much pay they would need to make the opposite choice (e.g., to choose to wear the HPD if they initially chose not to wear it).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The results show that wearing an HPD can have a significant negative impact on aspects of job performance that include auditory situational awareness (reflected in detecting and tracking the correct target objects) and sensorimotor tracking ability (reflected in how tightly they tracked moving targets). 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