podcastsFuture Tech & Hearing Advancements
Video and news updates on hearing tech, gene therapy, AI noise reduction, and public accessibility trials.
Bristol Temple Meads is trialling Auracast™ broadcast audio. This Bluetooth® LE Audio standard sends train announcements directly to hearing aids and earbuds without background station echo.
Built with the Centre for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People (CfD Bristol), Connected Places Catapult, and Ampetronic.
Gene therapy trials published in Nature Medicine show progress in repairing inner ear hair cells. Replacing faulty OTOF genes in clinical trials helped restore natural hearing responses.
Researchers are expanding trials to test hair cell regeneration for age-related hearing loss.
Modern hearing aids use AI chips to separate speech from background noise. The processor isolates the person speaking in front of you while lowering background chatter.
This helps improve conversation clarity in busy restaurants and public spaces without muffling voices.
UK venues including The National Theatre, Shakespeare's Globe, and Bristol Beacon are installing Auracast broadcast systems.
Visitors can stream show audio or audio descriptions straight to their hearing aids or phones without picking up a neckloop.
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