Smart hearing aids for improving the hearing of patients with weak hearing wear like headphones
Tencent Digital News (Gin) People with weak hearing and hearing impairment are obviously unfortunate and need more care.
Hearing aids may be necessary equipment to help hearing-impaired patients hear sounds as clearly as possible, but traditional hearing aid designs are always out of the shadow of medical equipment, leaving patients with a lack of self-confidence, and at the same time very expensive. So, can modern technology not make hearing aids more fashionable, better and cheaper?
A new type of hearing aid called "Olive" is known as the landing platform for crowdfunding recently. Let's take a look at what it has done.
First of all, I feel that Olive is a product of reverse thinking. Why do you say that? In fact, a closer look, you will find it very much like the current popular wireless earplugs. Indeed, wireless earbuds can be small, invisible, and similar to hearing aids. Why can't hearing aids be more stylish and popular?
The difference is that hearing aids only need one, so they do not have to be designed like two Bluetooth ear buds. With only one benefit, Olive can easily fit into a compact charging box. Just like a jewel, the diamond-shaped section is very stylish and has black and white styles. Young people must like it and reduce the feeling of inferiority.
Of course, the most important function of the hearing aid is to help the hearing-impaired people hear the surrounding sound more clearly. Olive can be paired with a mobile phone via Bluetooth to perform a hearing test and then determine the level of assistance the user needs to perform sound reinforcement.
The Olive team came from South Korea and hired doctors with clinical experience to participate in product development. At the same time, engineers used sensors, bass-targeted signal processing, and depth techniques to maximize the restoration of sound and ensure the actual performance of hearing aids.
However, I would also like to remind everyone that Olive's page currently has not found any information on the certification of medical aids equipment. Perhaps the team is already applying and it is still not known. In addition, it can also enhance the hearing experience of ordinary people, not just for hard of hearing people.
In other respects, Olive provides about 4 hours of battery life, waterproof support, and is suitable for iOS and Android devices.
Olive’s current early bird price is US$69 (approximately RMB 476), and delivery time is tentatively scheduled for December 2017; in addition, a beta version testing activity is offered at a price of US$50 (approximately RMB 345). The test began in July 2017.
Source: indiegogo
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