hearing help app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: IND-Ingenieurbuero f. Nachrichten- u. Datentechnik
First release : 24 Feb 2012
App size: 9.37 Mb
Hearing help is a powerful program that is intended as a hearing aid as well as for ear training. Hearing help strengthens the microphone signal of an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad and processes it in a way that individual hearing deficiencies are corrected as best as possible. For this purpose, hearing help includes the following modules:
* 16-band filter audiogram according to DIN EN ISO 8253
* 16-band equalizer + / - 15 dB
* Frequency band choke to avoid listening fatigue and hearing loss at overdriven frequencies
* Dynamic compressor to avoid listening fatigue and hearing loss due to a high volume because of e.g. sound events close to the microphone
* Real-time noise filter to reduce the noise such as from the iPods microphone
The sound processing is done almost in real time without disturbing echo formation.
The filtering is absolutely linear phase using a modified proprietary algorithm (patent DE4224842A1, Peer Dahl).
For more information, the operating manual, the support, please refer to
https://www.ind-technik.de/software/hearinghelpfueriphone/index.php
For any questions please feel free to contact us and download the manuals from the support site. You are welcome!
HINT FOR BLUETOOTH USERS:
The quality strongly depends on the Bluetooth devices. Good wired headsets are always preferred.
Important:
* Bluetooth Headsets with a Mic force the sound to be mono without left-right independent setting.
* Bluetooth causes a noticeable delay.
* Furthermore the Bluetooth sound quality and the frequency spectrum is limited to the telephone mode.
* Because of the low distance between Mic and phones in case of a Bluetooth device it can occur a feedback under circumstances.
Please note before purchasing:
The app does all that is described above - not less and not more. Please do not purchase it if you do not agree with those properties.
Latest reviews of hearing help app for iPhone and iPad
well it doesnt work.. I like the whole concept it has alot frequencies alot apps do not offer even a way to isolate certain sounds but to be honest at the main menu it says it paired my bluetooth headphones it did not pair it went automatically on itouch speakers.. it would be alot useful to give u guys better feedback if the bluetooth worked properly. Also for the asking price of 7.99 is far off it lacks features such as recorder with built in folders to keep them organize and a better interface as well. otherwise I will be asking for a refund cause this item does not work as advertise I was surprised it has alot potential.
After looking at 10 hearing aid applications, I have downloaded and tried 4 different applications for trial. This application, hearing help was the best application that I found. This software is significantly better than any of the other available appliications because it provides a 16 band gain correction based on the your own personal hearing problems. This software accomplishes this by providing a place for the user to enter his/her left and right audiogram into the software. The software then makes a gain (sound loudness) correction to bring the users hearing for each of 16 frequency bands. The user can then "sweeten" or enhance the listening experience by using a 16 band graphic equilizer to optimize the output sound for voice, noise avoidance, and/or for compensating for the deficiencies of the users headset. The program requires the user to supply a wired headset or earbuds. Blue tooth based listening devices are not supported because they have too much latency (time delay) and that would defeat the purpose of the software. Pros: - Genuine hearing correction for left and right ears based on the users personal audiogram (16 band) - 16 band audio equilizer tuning for left and right ears for sweetening the audio output. - A very nice user adjustable compression audio range adjustment for left and right ears. These adjustments allow the user to compensate for hearing loss by funneling the sound input into the audible range still available to the user. - A user adjustable noise filter for reducing any noise produced by the users hardware in quiet rooms. - User ability to store and recall personal adjustment profiles Cons - This was the most technical of the softwares that I reviewed. This is not really a problem for me but it does require the user to enter a lot of information and it requires some study and technical expertise or help from an audiologist. - Blue tooth is not supported. This is not really a problem, blue tooth technology is presently not adequate for providing accurate sound reproduction without large time delay. There is one hearing aid application that does support blue tooth listening devices but the author of that software does not recommend the use of blue tooth. - Monophonic output. This software does not yet support a stereo output. Although it does allow a user to create a correction for his/her specific audiogram the output is monophonic and the sound output does not provide distance or direction cues. Of the other 9 application I reviewed only one of them provides a stereo output and that application only provides compression and gain enhancement without providing a correction for hearing loss. This software is worth many times more than the current asking price. My iPhone based hearing aid, using this software works better than the $500/each hearing aid that I purchased from my audiologist
The ability to store a variety of hearing enhancement profiles now works as expected in IOS 8 making hearing help an even more useful app. I am very pleased with hearing help. It is, by a wide margin, the best hearing assist app that I have found. I am using it with an iPhone 5 with the outstanding Rode iXY (Lightening version) stereo microphone, and with Westone ear buds to provide regular hearing assistance. I place the iPhone in my shirt pocket with the i-XY mic pointed upward. Directing the primary pickup pattern upward causes much less problem than I expected. I am excited about the stereo, the low noise, the great sound, and the benefit of the cardioid pickup pattern in significantly reducing background noise pickup plus the benefit of allowing my ears to do their normal job of selecting between or combining left and right ear audio content. I have never worn standard hearing aids but took this approach because, as an engineer, I expect that this combination of superb audio features, that really go a long way toward providing natural, intelligible, lifelike sound, would be impossible to achieve with the space confinements of a standard hearing aid and all this for the cost of about $375 (Includes i-XY, hearing help app, and Westone ear buds) over that of of the iPhone. hearing help delivers outstanding audio quality with the detailed audio compensation and compression that are key features for a functioning hearing app. The combination is somewhat power hungry and, thus, my plan to upgrade to the iPhone 6 Plus with its much larger battery. Another iPhone app, Hearing Trumpet, provides an excellent hearing test that I use as the base for the equalizer settings in hearing help.