Unlike traditional hearing aids, AudioFocus amplifies only nearby and important voices.
They rely on one sound direction for noise reduction, but both conversation and noise come from many directions.
Machine Learning for hearing aids today works by enhancing speech and ignoring non-speech, but this doesn’t work in common situations like a noisy cafe, where you have ambient speech.
AudioFocus reimagined the hearing aid — so you can follow conversations wherever you go. Our patented technology uses a proprietary machine learning algorithm that only amplifies voices nearby by analyzing echo statistics, just like our brains do.
Use ML to auto-detect which voices are important in the presence of many.
Design a microphone array that maximizes the sound clarity and noise reduction benefits.
Utilize lower power AI Processors that allow for a discreet and ergonomic design.
Clearly the noise reduction is strong and focus is strong which is exactly what people always talk about wanting. I look forward to collaborating with AudioFocus on the impact of their technology.
Professor Nicholas Reed, AuD, PhD
Director of Audiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
AudioFocus has a unique approach, it has the potential to be one of the most innovative hearing technologies in recent decades and become a true market disruptor.
Professor Jiong “Joe” Hu, AuD, PhD
Vice Chair of Audiology
University of the Pacific, San Francisco
I had the opportunity to try the AudioFocus prototype, and I believe this is an innovative approach that has the potential to address the most common complaint of individuals with hearing loss, which is understanding speech in noise.
Professor Matthew Fitzgerald, PhD
Chief of Audiology,
Stanford University School of Medicine
The sound separation is absolutely amazing, I can barely hear the other voices. I wish my AirPods did this.
Dan O’Mara
Founder and COO of MechLabs
This is amazing, I feel so at peace. I would say that I’m way more likely to engage in a conversation with this tech.
Zubana Ali
Hearing Loss Patient & Medical Specialist
This is really good. Yes, I would definitely use it. I'd be interested in learning more. Thanks for sharing this.
Craig Saltiel
Hearing Loss Patient
Every aspect of the AudioFocus will serve unmet needs around hearing loss.
Clinically, a person might have ‘normal’ hearing but they can’t hear in background noise. That person deserves care too.
Accessibility tech should offer easily available controls that allow users to tune their experiences, whether it be volume, scale of noise reduction, or something else.
Our data augmentation technology allows us to help people hear in a variety of situations without data farming from them.