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Is multiple simultaneous speakers at the same volume/distance actually an important problem to solve? I already can't have a conversation if that's happening an

• quantumquetzal 4y ago
  Let’s say you’re in a meeting with colleagues who are having a side discussion about something, which you can contribute to. In this current setup, that conversation would not be displayed, while as a hearing person, you could context switch on a dime. It’s a decently-common occurrence. There’s a significant amount of literature pointing to the fact that people who are DHH avoid group conversations because they can’t follow along (see references). This sort of falls hand-in-hand with speech localization, which is another unsolved problem (and likely is unsolvable without true AR). https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1084713807301322 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1084713807301322 https://doi.org/10.1080/02674649366780051 https://doi.org/10.1080/02674649366780051 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1473-4192.1998.tb00121.x https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1473-4192.1998.tb00121.x
• midoridensha 4y ago
  I was about to make the same comment: my brain works the same way. A one-on-one conversation with low ambient noise, no problem. A bunch of loud conversations all around me? Forget it, I can't understand anything. I don't see why an aid for hearing-impaired people needs to handle this at all.
• sdrothrock 4y ago
  This is an extremely common situation at many restaurants and is a reason I don't really enjoy going out to eat with friends without prior investigation.