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<p>Dave -</p>
<p>I would be interested in hearing your experiences, especially if
your need/use is "in the margins" (but threatening to grow).</p>
<p>I think we will become the first generation of
consumer-cyborgs... <br>
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<p>When my reading vision started failing a few years ago, I didn't
(still don't) have the habit/discipline of keeping a (clean,
unscratched, unbroken) pair of reading glasses handy, but *always*
had my smart-phone handy and realized that not only could I take a
picture of the poor-contrast-under-low-light menu I was trying to
read, but I could just use the zoom function and hold it over the
menu like a handheld magnifier.</p>
<p>I haven't had significant hearing challenges (yet) but am feeling
it coming on, with lots of foreboding from various friends of mine
(some younger) struggling (mildly) with notches in their spectrum
that make my (low) voice difficult to hear/understand (or maybe
I'm just mumbling more). It has seemed to me that standard
hardware (phone microphone/headphones) might well provide good
hearing-boost with nothing more than a clever app to do a
combination of amplification, equalization and even some frequency
sqew?</p>
<p>This Bose system looks like it is trying to provide
near-identical functionality to prescription/custom hearing aids.
My mom (@90) finally gave over to (very expensive) hearing aids a
couple of years ago and she can hardly/barely use them. I think
most of her problem is that she can't get comfortable/familiar
with them, and despite lots of "automatic" adjustment, she is
probably not getting them set right under a wide range of
circumstances. If she had a lower cost to entry and stigma a
decade ago, she might be using them effectively today.<br>
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<p>I suspect that some (many) of us would develop a relationship
with our wireless headphones that transcends just making phone
calls and listening to our beats to drown out the chatter around
us. Do we know of any apps trying to achieve (some of) this? <br>
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<p>The two big things i sense that *real* hearing aids offer that an
ad-hoc system like I'm suggesting win big with would include
microphones *in* the earpieces, emulating the binaural/HRTF
qualities of "normal" hearing, and blocking out *natural* sound so
that there isn't a dual-signal coming in (is there a detectable
delay in the electronic route?).</p>
<p>- Steve<br>
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I showed you at the coffee shop on a visit a few months ago. I
have one and use it regularly with mixed results. If anyone is
interested, I can provide details of my experience.<br>
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<div style="font-family:Arial;">On Wed, Mar 13, 2019, at 10:32 PM,
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