Hearing Augmentation

By following the rhythm of a conversation, the "proactive hearing assistant" headphones are able to determine which person the user is speaking to within a noisy environment, then isolate and boost that person's voice

Technology

Smart headphones use AI to follow conversations in noisy rooms

Individuals with limited hearing struggle in situations where multiple people around them are speaking at once. New headphone tech could help, by boosting the voice of the person they're talking to based on the rhythm of the conversation.

White robotic heads on a grey background

Technology

3D-printed heads talk, swivel, and listen to improve audio devices

A team of researchers has created a way to inexpensively manufacture acoustic head simulators. They can help measure the way we take in and process sound – especially in noisy environments like cocktail parties.

After enabling the feature in the settings of a compatible Fire TV device, audio can be streamed directly to the sound processors of certain Cochlear hearing implants

Technology

Amazon and Cochlear stream Smart TV audio directly to hearing implants

In a world first, Amazon has partnered with Cochlear to make watching movies and shows more accessible for folks with hearing loss by streaming audio from a Fire TV device directly to a Cochlear hearing implant's sound processor.

Nuheara's IQbuds: Wireless Bluetooth earbuds with intelligent hearing augmentation technology to reduce background noise and boost conversations

Wearables

Review: Hearing augmentation IQbuds turn background noise down and conversations up

They’re not just Bluetooth earbuds. With mics in each ear and an adjustable intelligent noise control feature, IQbuds let you experience the world around you with a kind of bionic hearing. In noisy environments, they let you separate voices out of the background noise to make conversations easier.