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Did you hear that? A new technology, from Cochlear, will assist people with hearing impairments, to listen to everything going around distinctly, while eliminating all the stray noise. Yes, you heard me right! This system impedes the background noise.

There are a few who understand technology and even fewer know something about design. Starkey Laboratories' "Zon hearing aid" is the result of a defined approach from the seekers who know them both. What’s cooking in the design clinic isn’t...

As a person grows up, his/her sensory perceptions also change and the organs learn to adapt to complexities. However, for people who have had impairments since birth, the gadget aids used for sensory assistance have always been non-scalable. So, as...

Most of us are able to listen to things we want, people we want and block out the noise we don't, though there is a barrage of auditory stimuli hitting our sensors. This is what is called the cocktail party effect. However, the hearing impaired...

A prototype of an exciting eyeglass made by Philips and the Delft University of Technology will soon come to enhance your audio perception. It can amplify the voice coming from the direction you are looking at. The concept behind this is called...

Philanthropists would love to give away this gadget developed with a purpose. The solar powered hearing aid, developed by Godisa, an African company, formally known as SolarAid-Camphill, traps solar energy to feed its Ni-MH (Nickel-Metal Hydride)...