Unlike traditional hearing aids, AudioFocus amplifies only nearby and important voices.
They rely on one sound direction for noise reduction, but both conversation and noise come from many directions.
Machine Learning for hearing aids today works by enhancing speech and ignoring non-speech, but this doesn’t work in common situations like a noisy cafe, where you have ambient speech.
AudioFocus reimagined the hearing aid — so you can follow conversations wherever you go. Our technology uses a proprietary machine learning algorithm that only amplifies voices nearby by analyzing echo statistics, just like our brains do.
Use ML to auto-detect which voices are important in the presence of many.
Design a microphone array that maximizes the sound clarity and noise reduction benefits.
Utilize lower power AI Processors that allow for a discreet and ergonomic design.
Clearly the noise reduction is strong and focus is strong which is exactly what people always talk about wanting.
Nicholas Reed
Audiologist & Professor @ John Hopkins
This is really good. Yes, I would definitely use it. I'd be interested in learning more. Thanks for sharing this.
Craig Saltiel
Patient
Every aspect of the AudioFocus will serve unmet needs around hearing loss.
Clinically, a person might have ‘normal’ hearing but they can’t hear in background noise. That person deserves care too.
Our aim is to make this technology cost-effective thanks to the recent passing of the Over-The-Counter Hearing Aid Act.
Our data augmentation technology allows us to help people hear in a variety of situations without data farming from them.