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It seems like they are going a long way out of their way to not have to say "hearing aids". Prescription hearing aids are expensive, and they aren't just amps

It seems like they are going a long way out of their way to not have to say "hearing aids". Prescription hearing aids are expensive, and they aren't just amps that make sounds "louder". An open source hearing aid project, if it could dramatically reduce the price, could be a huge benefit to a lot of people.

petemir 3y ago
I guess that’s because hearing aids is a restricting term and these are more versatile. Furthermore, probably calling them “hearing aid” would lead to costly clinical regulation that they cannot afford as an open-source research device.
- riedel 3y ago
  I would also highly recomment rather getting actual hearing aids if you want those. The audio part is not quite the focus. Cool to see them pop up here, as my colleague Tobi built them here at our lab and is now pushing a spin off. Actually to get an impression what is possible with ear sensing I am still fascinated by this application Tobi did before building openearable, which uses in ear muscle contraction for doing interaction (next song, etc): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dPTCJ4lt4CE https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dPTCJ4lt4CE
nl 3y ago
They are right that hearing aids aren't the only app for this platform though. For example, AirPod Pros have a motion sensor. I'd love to build an app that uses this to fuse with video for a bouldering analysis thing I work on in my spare time. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coremotion/cmheadphonemotionmanager https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coremotion/cmheadp...
bbor 3y ago
Pretty sure these are for scientific use, not personal. I mean, just look at it compared to modern hearing aids -- can you imagine trying to lay down with that in your ear? Plus, literally all of the copy I've found so far is about the value it will bring to researchers (/ear-based crypto engineers), not patients

petemir 3y ago

I guess that’s because hearing aids is a restricting term and these are more versatile. Furthermore, probably calling them “hearing aid” would lead to costly clinical regulation that they cannot afford as an open-source research device.

riedel 3y ago
I would also highly recomment rather getting actual hearing aids if you want those. The audio part is not quite the focus. Cool to see them pop up here, as my colleague Tobi built them here at our lab and is now pushing a spin off. Actually to get an impression what is possible with ear sensing I am still fascinated by this application Tobi did before building openearable, which uses in ear muscle contraction for doing interaction (next song, etc): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dPTCJ4lt4CE https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dPTCJ4lt4CE

nl 3y ago

They are right that hearing aids aren't the only app for this platform though. For example, AirPod Pros have a motion sensor. I'd love to build an app that uses this to fuse with video for a bouldering analysis thing I work on in my spare time. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coremotion/cmheadphonemotionmanager https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coremotion/cmheadp...

bbor 3y ago

Pretty sure these are for scientific use, not personal. I mean, just look at it compared to modern hearing aids -- can you imagine trying to lay down with that in your ear? Plus, literally all of the copy I've found so far is about the value it will bring to researchers (/ear-based crypto engineers), not patients