Campbell, Calif., March 2, 2009— Adaptive Sound Technologies Inc (ASTI) announced today that Rafael Pelayo, MD has joined the company’s Technical Advisory Board. Dr. Pelayo is an associate professor of Sleep Science at Stanford Medical School and is a practicing physician at the Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic.

Dr. Pelayo is advising the company on sleep science in order to optimize their Ecotones line of Adaptive Sound Machines for improving sleep. Sam Nicolino, ASTI’s President and CEO, said: “We are thrilled to have such a prominent sleep scientist as Dr. Pelayo advising us on sleep science. The primary reason people purchase sound machines is to help them achieve a good night’s sleep. Ecotones is a very technologically advanced product and we are determined to make it the best sound machine available for helping people sleep soundly at night. Dr. Pelayo advises us not only from a theoretical sleep science background as a professor of Sleep Science at Stanford Medical School, but also from his practical experience as a practitioner of sleep science at the world renowned Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic.”

Dr. Pelayo said: “I really enjoy working with the very talented ASTI team. I see potential in using sound therapy in assisting patients to overcome sleep anxiety that keeps them from obtaining a good night's sleep. ASTI's adaptive technology, which listens and adapts to the surroundings, is very intriguing. I look forward in helping ASTI apply that technology to create superior sleep aids.”

About Rafael Pelayo, MD

Rafael Pelayo, M.D., is a father of two and an associate professor at the Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic at Stanford University School of Medicine. He has been on Stanford Faculty and Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic staff since 1994. He has a B.S. in biology from the University of Puerto Rico. He attended medical school at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY. Dr. Pelayo completed residency training in child neurology in New York in 1993, then went on to a fellowship in sleep disorders medicine at Stanford University.

Dr. Pelayo is board-certified in sleep medicine and previously certified in pediatric medicine. He has served as chair of the Sleep Disorders Research Advisory Board for the National Institutes of Health. He also previously chaired the pediatric interest section of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

About Ecotones

Ecotones, which was first released in October 2008, is the only sound therapy machine that listens and adapts to the user’s environment. Based on ASTI’s patented technology, Ecotones creates audio backgrounds that are so vivid and realistic

that it blends into the background while covering up annoying sounds. Ecotones’ SoundStories™ are based on audio cues in the listening space combined with hundreds of natural sounds, resulting in a sound environment that is always fresh and alive, never mechanical or repetitive.

About Adaptive Sound Technologies Inc

Founded in January 2008, Adaptive Sound Technologies' mission is to create auditory environments which improve peoples' working and living experiences and reduce the stresses caused by noise pollution. ASTI's unique adaptive audio technologies were developed over the last 15 years by Silicon Valley electronics experts and employ the latest in signal processing, microprocessor, audio and memory technologies. ASTI's products are the first ever with the capability to listen to the sounds in their surroundings and respond. This adaptive ability has enabled ASTI to create an exciting new category in the growing consumer electronics market. ASTI is based in Campbell, CA. For more information, visit www.asoundtech.com.

Press Contact:

Stephen R. Pollock
Adaptive Sound Technologies Inc.
(408) 377-3411
www.asoundtech.com

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