One of the first things people notice when they experience hearing loss is it takes much more effort to hear and understand voices in noisy situations. Holding conversations in places like coffee shops, restaurants, or family gatherings becomes strenuous, frustrating, or nearly impossible.
For some people, this can lead to social isolation or even depression and cognitive impairment over time.
Some are amplifiers that make all sounds louder, including the noise. Others are noise-cancellation products that end up reducing all sounds, including speech.
Wearable devices don’t have the resources to distinguish between speech and noise. They lack the necessary memory, battery life, and processing power.
HeardThat uses advanced algorithms to enhance speech specifically, and leave out the rest.
HeardThat makes use of the powerful smartphone you already own.
Simply open the HeardThat app, lay your phone on the table, and listen.
To create the HeardThat, we trained algorithms with thousands of hours of recorded conversations. As a result, the app learned to distinguish what is useful speech and what is just noise.
This allows the app to function more like a human ear instead of a simple microphone and speaker. The app then optimizes the sound and sends it to your hearing device.
Those who use hearing aids but find them ineffective for following conversations when there is background noise
Those who don’t use hearing aids but would like to hear better or more easily
Those with Hidden Hearing Loss, which is difficulty hearing in noisy or complex environments even though hearing loss that isn’t detectable by standard diagnostic testing
