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>This trend would make hearing aids not just target hearing impaired people, but also individual with normal hearing. For example, features such as protecting y
by some_random 5y ago
>This trend would make hearing aids not just target hearing impaired people, but also individual with normal hearing. For example, features such as protecting your ears against a sudden loud noise, silencing a loud restaurant so you can have a quiet conversation or improving the audio of a soft speaker could be useful for everyone.
Amusingly this already exists, there are a bunch of ear muffs (and some in ear equivalents I think) that relay sounds from outside in that cut off when a threshold is reached. They're pretty much exclusively sold for use with firearms, I'd love to see them developed more to work better in a setting other than the woods and shooting range.
- zucked 5y agoHaving just experienced a pair of these, it was incredible. I don't have extensive hearing loss beyond what being a teenager listening to music too loud will do for you, but the way these headphones relayed "normal" sounds while rejecting "loud" sounds was one of those - "why aren't these more popular?" moments. It felt truly superhero-esque.
- aerostable_slug 5y agoWhat's even cooler is turning up the volume and have Spidey-Senses. I've done this on a couple of hunts and it's amazing to hear everything -- you can't believe how loud grass brushing against you can be. It's like you can hear like the elk do. Well, not quite... Good sets (I like MSA Sordin) have excellent stereo imaging in front of you as well. In shooting classes, I turn them backwards so the microphones point at the instructor.
- 3pt14159 5y agoI echo these sentiments. It's a truly surreal experience if you're comfortable with firearms.