Hard to tell exactly what this entails, but there is a very functional low-cost solution already on the market called the Pocket Talker (https://www.amazon.com/Pocket-Talker-Ultra-System-Headphone/...)
Bose Hearphones
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Re: Bose Hearphones
#72How is this on the top of HN? It's barely clear what these actually be like or how they work? Am I missing something?
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#73I really wish someone was working to solve the problem of tinnitus. Would it be possible to generate anti phase wave out of these things to cancel out tinnitus? I would pay anything and/or wear any goofy device in my ears to live life tinnitus free.
There's a technique that has the potential to temporarily (around 1 minute) clear tinnitus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yDCox-qKbk It's not much and doesn't seem to work for everyone, but if you've been suffering from tinnitus for years, one minute is better than nothing.
I've tried this in the past. It gives me about 5 seconds of quiet time. Just enough to realize how loud my tinnitus really is :(
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#74So, same market as the DopplerLabs Hear One? I am the ideal customer: some hearing loss from my VJ days, but still appreciate frequency response. I render all my music at 192Khz. Basic hearing aids suck at frequency response. Most drop off at around 8KHz Meanwhile, Apple has created a pipeline for hearing aid. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201466 I haven't used it. I often work out of noisy cafes. So, I wear Bose…
I was pretty excited for the Hear One's but now they've been delayed until March. :(
If they can actually land a product with a truly wireless experience, that would be awesome!
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#75If they could just remember someone's name for me the first time they say it that would be great ;-)
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#76I wonder what the side affects of prolonged usage would be. As in, would my ability to block out ambient noises without the device decline from not using the ability?
Their are already headphones let in ambient sound and headphones that fully block ambient sound. I don't think adding a volume knob to the ambient sound is going to change your brain's hearing calibration.
I think the unique part of this, which may have an effect, is that it's selectively blocking ambient noise, and it's meant to be worn during conversation.
I can't think of anyone today who wears noise-cancelling headphones while trying to hear noise from outside the headphones. Everyone I know takes their headphones off to communicate or listen to specific sounds outside the headset.
Who knows, but my point is that there are two slightly different tests here. We already know that wearing noise-cancelling headphones to block _all_ sound doesn't affect our hearing when they're off. It remains to be seen whether using them to filter some sound effects our ability to filter some sound without them.
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#77Wow, this address a major problem I have.
I have decent hearing, but when I'm in a noisy environment like a bar, I can hear but can't understand what other people are saying. It's why I don't like going to bars/pubs with live performances or ambient music.
People think I'm bored or brooding because I'm not talking to anyone, but I just can't understand anything anyone says, so I can't participate in a conversation.
Re: Bose Hearphones
#78I really wish someone was working to solve the problem of tinnitus. Would it be possible to generate anti phase wave out of these things to cancel out tinnitus? I would pay anything and/or wear any goofy device in my ears to live life tinnitus free.
I believe tinnitus is neurologic, in that there is no noise to cancel out.
Longtime sufferer of tinnitus. This has been my understanding as well. From what I understand, once the hair dies, the brain seems to compensate by filling it with eternal noise. If there is a cure (my hopes are low), my guess is that we need to have a better understanding of the brain.
Re: Bose Hearphones
#79I really wish someone was working to solve the problem of tinnitus. Would it be possible to generate anti phase wave out of these things to cancel out tinnitus? I would pay anything and/or wear any goofy device in my ears to live life tinnitus free.
> Would it be possible to generate anti phase wave out of these things to cancel out tinnitus?
No. Tinnitus is not caused by a real sound. It occurs somewhere after the phase-erasing Fourier transform performed by the physical structure of the ear. If it were caused by a real sound, or the brain added sounds in the time space (rather than the frequency space), it would work. But neurons are not fast enough to handle time-domain sound processing, so they offload Fourier transformation to the ear and then work with the (presumably phaseless) frequency-domain representation.
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#80Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think there already is a kind of therapy. I read that they basically determine the exact frequency of your tinnitus. Then you give them music you like and they filter the frequency out. By listening to the altered music, the tinnitus is reduced. It seemed to work quiet well, but I forgot what the procedure is called. I'm hearing a tinnitus for over 10 years now, so I know what it's like. :)
That seems straightforward enough that you could try it on your own?
Yes, it does. But I had completely forgotten about it until now.