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AI headphones let wearer listen to a single person in a crowd by looking at them

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Re: AI headphones let wearer listen to a single person in a crowd by looking at them

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Post by gedy »

CodeCompost wrote: post #14

As somebody who is hearing impaired, a feature like this would be a Godsend for me! This feature should be integrated into hearing-aids ASAP! Shut up - no, actually - keep talking and take my money!

I have sensoneural hearing loss as well and fyi Bose Hearphones do have something a little like this with directional noise cancellation that helps a lot. They are discontinued but you can find them refurbished.

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Post by bubblebeard »

__MatrixMan__ wrote: post #11
maxglute wrote: post #10

A potential feature I didn't know I needed. Have headphones with ANC on around home all the time, would be really useful if it auto passthrough my partners voice.

The opposite would be nice too. Silence specifically this source (probably not your partner, though maybe....)

Haha yeah that would certainly be useful in some situations xD

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Post by gertlex »

gedy wrote: post #21
CodeCompost wrote: post #14

As somebody who is hearing impaired, a feature like this would be a Godsend for me! This feature should be integrated into hearing-aids ASAP! Shut up - no, actually - keep talking and take my money!

I have sensoneural hearing loss as well and fyi Bose Hearphones do have something a little like this with directional noise cancellation that helps a lot. They are discontinued but you can find them refurbished.

My phonak HAs have some directional noise cancellation (or biasing at least; I don't have rigorous definitions for these terms)... It helps but isn't great.

Has a problem that I think the AI headphones wouldn't solve either: in a (non-quiet) group setting you still need to anticipate who's going to speak when and look at them for best results.

The direction bit is just biasing to preferring forward stuff (via two mics on each ear's HA).

Sadly, no backwards bias option for overhearing people behind you ;)

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Post by DoingIsLearning »

__MatrixMan__ wrote: post #11
maxglute wrote: post #10

A potential feature I didn't know I needed. Have headphones with ANC on around home all the time, would be really useful if it auto passthrough my partners voice.

The opposite would be nice too. Silence specifically this source (probably not your partner, though maybe....)

I would be happy with ANC with a doorbell passthrough. Missed a few package deliveries this way. But maybe that could also be achieved with a desktop notification.

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Post by surfingdino »

__MatrixMan__ wrote: post #11
maxglute wrote: post #10

A potential feature I didn't know I needed. Have headphones with ANC on around home all the time, would be really useful if it auto passthrough my partners voice.

The opposite would be nice too. Silence specifically this source (probably not your partner, though maybe....)

Every teen's dream of muting their yakking mother would finally come true.

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Post by xeromal »

__MatrixMan__ wrote: post #11
maxglute wrote: post #10

A potential feature I didn't know I needed. Have headphones with ANC on around home all the time, would be really useful if it auto passthrough my partners voice.

The opposite would be nice too. Silence specifically this source (probably not your partner, though maybe....)

lol. My partner and I share a home office and I've worn ear plugs + my range headphones (or my bose 700s) and I can still hear her clacking away and talking on meetings. I'm sure I'm some kind of spaz but god I wish I had something that could completely mute all sounds except my rain sounds. lol
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