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Re:The FDA wants you to be able to buy a hearing aid without... by phkahler on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @04:50PM (#28923580)
That pays attention to the environment and changes the volume (part of the spectrum perhaps?) that is what you're likely to be listening to.

This is of course a huge oversimplification, and aiming for it is probably what the industry is doing.

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Re:The FDA wants you to be able to buy a hearing aid without... by jrace on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @05:01PM (#28923713)
That is exactly what the tech does, automatically adjusts based on the amount of noise and speech in the environment. And going a step further, applying directional microphone control to better pick up sounds where the speech is.
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