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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Apple iPhone to Replace Your Hearing Aids?

Filed under: Geriatrics , Net News

d342ds2324.jpgA new application for the Apple iPhone has been designed to aid people with poor hearing, featuring abilities that not even a hearing aid can boast of. Essentially a volume booster, the app amplifies everything that is being heard by the microphone and allows the user to set which frequencies to boost and which to filter. Additionally, the application continuously keeps a recorded buffer of what it hears, allowing you to quickly replay the last five to thirty seconds of a misheard conversation.

Link @ iTunes: SoundAMP

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sure but how do I fit the iphone in my ear?


Posted by: tim
on July 7, 2009 03:13 PM GMT

Take a 12 pound sledgehammer and beat it down to a manageable size. Then place the iPhone into your ear. Problem solved.


Posted by: Dale
on July 8, 2009 10:38 AM GMT

Take a 12 pound sledgehammer and beat it down to a manageable size. Then place the iPhone into your ear. Problem solved.


Posted by: Dale
on July 8, 2009 10:39 AM GMT

Wireless headphone ?


Posted by: Nick Tavahen
on July 8, 2009 08:41 PM GMT

If only the iPhone were hearing aid compatible people, like me, could use it with their hearing aids.
I doubt this app could provide 75dB of gain to allow me to hear environmental sounds.


Posted by: ecp
on July 11, 2009 10:55 AM GMT

If only the iPhone were hearing aid compatible people, like me, could use it with their hearing aids.
I doubt this app could provide 75dB of gain to allow me to hear environmental sounds.


Posted by: ecp
on July 11, 2009 10:56 AM GMT

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