It Had to Happen. iPhone/iPod Touch Becomes a Hearing Aid.

There have been hearing “enhancers”, amplifiers, sport and hunting “assists” for years… I can recently saw fake Bluetooth hearing devices advertised in USA Today.. They all go to great lengths to stay away from the word “aid”… “Hearing Aid” somehow is negative and now we see “Hearing App” ie: application. It’s nice that the author of the CNet piece liked walking down the street with “superhearing” he could aim at what he wanted to hear, to him this was only a neat “toy”. I was interested to see that you can adjust the sound level of different frequencies, that’s a step in the right direction away from “toy”. Whether this turns out to be useful or not, it is still mechanical… Our hope is with stem-cell research.. One day our children will be able to put a drop in their ear and hear…

Well folks i am profoundly deaf now after 65 years of severe hearning loss in the 80%loss range now it is worse and my comprehension is down to 20? I have an Iphone since disconnected because i cant hear on any telephone. However i downloaded a couple hearing aid apps from the app store and loaded em up put my neck loop on cranked the app and wow wow wow i can hear a lot better still not wonderful but totally amazing. Dont dis these apps there are quite often people that can and do make use of them. Esp dont tell me a profound deaf person i cant try to use something. I do well and ma proud of it. Somehow despite my loss i managed three college degrees and a consulting service for over 30 years. So my hats off to the “hearing aid” apps what a big change it has made to me esp listening to people talking in the car etc. Regards and my heartfelt thanks to all the innovators bless you.

The iTouch does NOT act as a hearing device. The iPhone, maybe. People need to stop writing misleading sentences in their articles. The iTouch has no mechanism for recording sound.