[Noisebridge-discuss] Hearing augmentation

[Andrew Cantino]

Thanks Jean!  But it sounds like this amplifies high frequencies, not
down-shifts them to an audible range.


On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Jean Rintoul <jean.rintoul at gmail.com>wrote:

> I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for but it sounds a lot like
> it:
>
> Jaycar Super Ear Kit:
>
> http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=KA1809&form=KEYWORD&ProdCodeOnly=yes&Keyword1=KA&Keyword2=KA
>
> Only $27.95 AU!
>
> Jean
>
> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Andrew Cantino <cantino at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hey cyborg and electronics people,
>>
>> My father is high-frequency deaf.  He used to do a lot of bird watching,
>> but he has trouble now since he can't hear some of the songs.  I was just
>> looking at this product: http://www.nselec.com/songfinder.html, but it
>> costs $800.   It seems to me it's just a band-pass filter for selecting the
>> frequency range to augment, and then electronics to down-shift that range.
>> It's been a long time since I did electronics.  How hard would this be to
>> build?
>>
>> This might dove-tail nicely into augmenting frequency ranges that healthy
>> ears can't hear as well.
>>
>> Thanks everyone!
>>
>> -Andrew
>>
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