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I'm completely deaf in one ear. But, I can't use normal headphones - the sound coming in on my right (bad) ear causes some health issues. As a result, I usually cut the right earbud wire entirely. This seems like a really dumb solution.
Does SoundFocus let me make all the sound come into the left earbud?
Question for the founders: I'm completely deaf in one ear. But, I can't use normal headphones - the sound coming in on my right (bad) ear causes some health issues. As a result, I usually cut the right earbud wire entirely. This seems like a really dumb solution. Does SoundFocus let me make all the sound come into the left earbud?
I'm actually interested in learning more about your particular use case, I'll drop you a line on the email address in your HN profile.
I was expecting to be pretty underwhelmed by this app, but I have to say, I'm impressed. My office has a pretty loud HVAC system, and it totally kills the low end when I listen with a pair of cheap Apple earbuds. I took the little SoundFocus hearing test, turned on their EQ, and the difference was pretty pronounced. It killed a bit more high end than I would have liked (seemed to roll off after about 12k), but the lo…
Adding noise can damage the ears, and adds more stress to the body.. just saying..
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Co-founder here - thanks for the great feedback Osmium. You're quite right in that the number of people who have unilateral hearing loss is pretty high (it's close to 40% from some recent studies). We're working on developing a test that works well for people with single ear hearing loss for a future app update - would you be interested in trying out our beta? Please drop me an email if you are: varun [at] soundfocus…
I've had significant hearing loss in one ear since birth and finally got around to getting a hearing aid after finishing school last year. Right now I typically put the standard Apple earbuds over my hearing aid when walking around, but strongly prefer my Bose QuietComforts when I'm coding and want noise-canceling. This obviously isn't ideal because my hearing aid and the QCs don't play nice together, so I end up jus…
Thanks for signing up whbk, it's always great to get more beta testers to validate the changes to the sound processing as we keep improving it.
Question for the founders: I'm completely deaf in one ear. But, I can't use normal headphones - the sound coming in on my right (bad) ear causes some health issues. As a result, I usually cut the right earbud wire entirely. This seems like a really dumb solution. Does SoundFocus let me make all the sound come into the left earbud?
keiferski, SoundFocus doesn't do this today. But stay tuned, we are working to help people who have single ear hearing loss as well. I'm actually interested in learning more about your particular use case, I'll drop you a line on the email address in your HN profile.
Dumb question: after completing the test, I didn't see "soundfocus autotuned" (or whatever) as an EQ option. Not sure if it is automatically applied and then you pick additional EQ settings to go on top of it, or what. Hope that makes sense
Dumb question: after completing the test, I didn't see "soundfocus autotuned" (or whatever) as an EQ option. Not sure if it is automatically applied and then you pick additional EQ settings to go on top of it, or what. Hope that makes sense
In the bottom left, there is an on/off toggle if that helps.
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Adding noise can damage the ears, and adds more stress to the body.. just saying..
Not sure what you mean by "adding noise".
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Not sure what you mean by "adding noise".
I assume if external noise is drowning out the music / changing how it sounds, then the music will be modified to let you hear certain sounds better via making them louder.
We use some techniques to rebalance your music - by making sounds that are softer in the mix louder, while keeping the very loud sounds at the same level. We also try to change the relative volume of the frequency bands you do not hear well, while preserving the overall volume.
Since psychoacoustics vary a bit from person to person, it may be perceived as mildly louder or softer than the original, but overall it will be at a similar volume level.