Biologically, our (human) ears are made to talk to each other – to identify sounds, to lower interfering sounds, prioritise vital sounds and locate the source of a sound. This sound apportioning happens via a neural reflex that links the cochlea of each ear via the brain’s auditory control centre – to balance hearing between
In early 2016, Sound Advice was named a top-100 global inclusive education entity by the Zero Project, and exhibited February 10 to 12 at the United Nations office in Vienna, Austria. On February 12 Louise Honck from AVuk joined Caroline Carswell to present the auditory-verbal (hearing-speech) case for inclusive education in the conference panel session
Families (and adult cochlear implant wearers) routinely ask Sound Advice to recommend apps at different stages in their path to digital hearing – often for the first time. Speech & language development have close links to early literacy skills, therefore parents and caregivers who actively read and talk with their children are likely to raise
Captioning services providers work to output transcripts in different formats on today’s devices, namely smartphones, tablets, laptops and now, virtual reality (VR) goggles. Captions On Multiple Devices Realtime captions for students or for TV accordingly need to be readable on multiple devices, as do captions recorded for video use, court sessions or for annual reports.
Hearing tests in South Africa via teleaudiology systems now offer two options for client diagnostics. The first is asynchronous tests with clients tested (remotely) online and results passed to a professional. With synchronous tests, a client’s hearing is tested in real time, with the professional reviewing and referring the test results onward as relevant. Apps For Self-Programming Hearing-Aids Transmedicine audiology systems, or
Kristen Regelein, head of global sales at smartwatch maker Pebble – who went deaf at age three – uses a Pebble watch in business meetings to alter the volume on her hearing-aids. “My personal and professional life depends heavily on my listening and communication out to the world. When your job is to negotiate deals, it could
Uber, whose service links drivers and riders, recently upgraded its transit apps for easier access by drivers who are deaf or hard of hearing, after focus groups to explore the issues. Drivers in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington DC have a visual alert plus an audible warning to new rider requests, which increases their trade. Riders connecting with a
Two new apps, CinemaConnect and MobileConnect, are devised for cinema and theatre fans to optimise incidental show dialogue for their hearing needs simply by calibrating the sound levels on their smart phones – even when hearing devices are not worn. A streaming audio signal transmitted from the movie screen or stage is detected by a user’s phone, with sound relayed
Research evidence is emerging that “parent-to-parent support, described as parents with lived experiences providing support to each other, is recognized as a distinctive and important type of support system” for families whose children have hearing issues. Read: Parent-to-Parent Support For Children With Hearing Difficulty In 2007, this was one catalyst for Irish Deaf Kids (Sound
Voice contact with call centres, or making appointments and reservations, or simple voice-based chats with friends and coworkers are opening to profoundly deaf people, with apps. An app created in Italy, Pedius, joins Transcence, RogerVoice, VoxSense and Speak2See in making spoken dialogue visible on smartphones in group and one-to-one contexts. Read: Pedius app converts speech to text in real time At Ireland’s Web Summit in November 2014,
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