Periodic Reporting for period 1 - TuneFork (Mobile technology that brings personalized audio into your life)
Periodo di rendicontazione: 2018-12-01 al 2019-05-31
Hearing loss affects more than 460 million people around the world making their everyday life challenging. Many of them experience difficulty using their smart devices such as smartphones, smart homes, smart assistants, smart automotive and more, all of which rely on, or are in the process of transitioning to, voice command operation.
TuneFork enables the user to perform a simple hearing test and characterizes the user's specific hearing problem. The test results, paired with flexible algorithm which adjust frequency response, create a personally-optimized, custom-made audio experience for the user – a Personalized Audio Profile.
TuneFork is a completely software solution that can be integrated into any operating system and can personally optimize all audio content: phone calls, smart assistant voice, GPS instructions, music, videos, voice messages, and more.
We have tested the technology on more than 20 users with hearing loss. We conducted a trial with the HLAA – the Hearing Loss Association of America, the biggest global organization in this field. The feedback we received from test subjects was great –
1) 91% of the subjects reported that they would use the test periodically to track their hearing
2) Tunefork’s solution was reported to add clarity to speech, add overtones to music tracks and generally enrich audio. It was preferred by 86% of our test subjects to regular sound.
We participated in several conferences, events and competitions – in Israel, Europe and China – and raised awareness to hearing problems and technological solutions that improve the quality of life for people with hearing loss and elders.