Trouble Hearing In A Noisy Room? There’s An App For That
Anyone parenting a member the iPod generation has lost track of
the number of times she’s said “Take those earbuds out of your
ears so you can hear me!” So how weird is it going to be if some
years from now that same generation is saying to us, “Put those
earbuds in your ears so you can hear me!”  Real Clarity,
introduced by SoundFest, Franklin, Mass., at DemoFall 2013, is a
brilliant concept. It’s the hearing aid for people who don’t
really need a hearing aid. Yet. Or maybe they simply want to
pretend they don’t need a hearing aid. Or don’t want the expense
of a hearing aid. But they still need help hearing a
conversation in a noisy room.  The app asks you to input your
age then adjusts its algorithms to optimize its audio
enhancements accordingly. People who have a more precise
diagnosis of hearing deficiencies can set the app’s parameters
manually. Then you put in your earbuds, set the mobile device
down in front of you, and it will raise the volum