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Improve Your Hearing With Vision

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the like-bowe's-sound-+-vision dept.

Ant writes "CNET News.com reports that there is a new pair of "hearing glasses," hearing-impaired people might both see and hear better--and have better social lives. A novel pair of glasses recently released on the market not only improve bad eyesight, but also work as a hearing aid. Developed by the Delft University of Technology and Dutch company Varibel, the glasses promise to keep hearing-impaired people active and social. While in-ear hearing aids usually work well for conversation in quiet surroundings, many people who wear them face problems in more lively environments. Since all incoming sounds are amplified, background noises easily take over, cause discomfort and make conversations difficult. Varibel says its glasses can detect which direction sounds come from, amplifying words spoken directly to the wearer while dampening background noise."

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  1. Prototype also popular among acid users. by Zephyros · · Score: 3, Funny

    "I can hear the lights, man...and the music of the colors.."

  2. Truer words have never been spoken (or heard!) by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Varibel is voor mij het einde van een speurtocht naar een goede oplossing voor mijn hoorproblematiek."

    - Martine van Hulst (48)


    I've got bad hearing due to a terrible Post-it note accident so I would definitely be in the market for something like this. Sometimes when my einde is oplossing, I hoor voor een naar with my goede van speurtocht and it works itself right out.

  3. Uh, by Ohreally_factor · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm Helen Keller, you insenstive clod!!

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    1. Re:Uh, by antifoidulus · · Score: 2, Funny

      And yet you read slashdot?

      Oh god, I can only imagine what it is like trying to communicate the goatse man using only touching.....

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  4. *Snigger* by Hogwash+McFly · · Score: 3, Funny

    All sounds coming from the front of the carrier are intensified, while noise from other directions is dampened. This means that a person speaking to the carrier's face would be clearly heard even in noisy environments.

    So it seems that when people want to laugh at the deaf guy with the weird glasses, they have to quite literally go behind his back...

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  5. No background noise? by PackerX · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Varibel says its glasses can detect which direction sounds come from, amplifying words spoken directly to the wearer while dampening background noise."

    Which is great until you're using a cell phone while standing on some train tracks.