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Although cochlear implants do allow some deaf people to hear again, adjusting the devices to individual users can be challenging. An experimental new implant is designed to help in that regard, by reading the user’s brain waves.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading Brain wave-reading implant could better help the deaf to hear
For people who are deaf or hard of hearing, it can be difficult to pick out important sounds, such as a knock at the door or a fire alarm. Now researchers at the University of Washington have developed a smartwatch system called SoundWatch, which ident… Continue reading SoundWatch alerts deaf and hard-of-hearing people to important sounds
Humans continuously communicate with our bodies, and face masks cover one of the most expressive parts. For some, this is a muffler on strangers, but devastating for people who rely on lip-reading. Several masks exist that have a clear window for precisely this purpose, but they’re specialty and high-demand. [Erin …read more
A landmark study, led by researchers from Massachusetts Eye and Ear, presents a novel hypothesis to explain age-related hearing loss, challenging the prevailing view that has dominated over half a century of medical science. The new research offers evi… Continue reading Hair-regrowth tech could reverse main cause of age-related hearing loss
Helen Keller once wrote “blindness separates people from things, deafness separates people from people,” and there are many technological projects dedicated to breaking down those interpersonal barriers. We’ve covered a number of motion-tracking gloves… Continue reading UCLA team demonstrates a wireless sign language translation glove
Getting a child’s attention can be difficult at the best of times. Add deafness into the picture, and it’s harder again. [Jake]’s daughter recently had to go without her cochlear implants, raising this issue. Naturally, he whipped up some hardware to solve the problem.
[Jake]’s solution was to devise a …read more
Continue reading Notification Wearable Helps Get Child’s Attention
If you’ve ever seen an experienced radio operator pull a signal out of the noise, or talked to someone in a crowded noisy restaurant, you know the human brain is excellent at focusing on a particular sound. This is sometimes called the cocktail party effect and if you wear a …read more
Haptic signing is a process in which a hearing, sighted person conveys information to a deaf and blind individual by touching their back or other parts of their body. It’s effective, but what happens if the deafblind person wants to be more i… Continue reading Haptic-feedback clothing designed to guide the deafblind
Amongst the challenges faced by the deaf is what’s known as the “cocktail party effect,” in which they have difficulty discerning one speaker’s voice from others in crowded, noisy environments. A new device could help, however – by buzzing tw… Continue reading Device may allow the deaf to "hear through their fingertips"
From tactile signing to a whole list of phone apps. Continue reading How Deaf People and Blind People Communicate With Each Other