You can try the 1.5 or 2x speeds. It was odd for me in the begining but after listening for a while at 2x speed hearing adapted pretty well. One caveat, it may

You can try the 1.5 or 2x speeds. It was odd for me in the begining but after listening for a while at 2x speed hearing adapted pretty well. One caveat, it may make one speak a bit faster.