Pretty good
This works pretty good and is easy to set up but could use an adjustment to correct for the sound delay with Bluetooth headphones
Super effective
I’ve got (audiologist-measured) 80% loss in the right and 40% degradation in the left, and basically I will try anything that says it will “help” my hearing.
At first, I was confused by the simplicity of the interface. What was it meant to do? Was it doing anything? Oh, ok, turn it up a bit with *that* slider, and there it is - noticeable amplification of the primary noise (a human), and no amp on background noise. It appears, this app simply just works. Full score.
However, like a previous reviewer, lacking the ability to tell the app that you are unable to hear a frequency during the calibration test reduces its accuracy. A second point on the calibration would be to allow a pause between tones. Press “start”, have the first tone run until “I can hear it”, then pause until “Start” is pressed again. I found the calibration inaccurate because I wasn’t able to press the “I can hear it” button fast enough as is, with one tone running into the next.
As a fun aside, it’s a giggle placing your phone on your belly while your tummy rumbles; and I can guarantee my iPhone’s microphone is sensitive - amplifying my heartbeat nicely into my headphones. So the app is fun, as well as useful.
At first, I was confused by the simplicity of the interface. What was it meant to do? Was it doing anything? Oh, ok, turn it up a bit with *that* slider, and there it is - noticeable amplification of the primary noise (a human), and no amp on background noise. It appears, this app simply just works. Full score.
However, like a previous reviewer, lacking the ability to tell the app that you are unable to hear a frequency during the calibration test reduces its accuracy. A second point on the calibration would be to allow a pause between tones. Press “start”, have the first tone run until “I can hear it”, then pause until “Start” is pressed again. I found the calibration inaccurate because I wasn’t able to press the “I can hear it” button fast enough as is, with one tone running into the next.
As a fun aside, it’s a giggle placing your phone on your belly while your tummy rumbles; and I can guarantee my iPhone’s microphone is sensitive - amplifying my heartbeat nicely into my headphones. So the app is fun, as well as useful.
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Lost in setup
Doesn’t progress past the hearing test (should it?) “Back” just backs out of the screens to the start, where you can skip or perform the hearing test.
Skipping the hearing test, it keeps beeping, and says “connect your headphones”, which were already connected, and still beeping. (Bose QC35)
Update 2019 September
The hearing test seems to be a twitch test. After the first tone, I could hear all of the tones immediately. Something in the pipeline isn’t going quiet enough, or can’t. So it’s how fast can you click the “I can hear it” button.
I got past the hearing test. There is some misalignment on several screens. In one place I’m to enter a profile name for the environment where the test was run, and press OK, but these 2 text fields overlap.
I didn’t add a picture for my profile on that screen, so now I can’t add it. There’s no obvious menu, no way to restart the process. Perhaps if I add another profile, and delete the first.
The audio processing seems OK, but there’s a lot of noise added. I’m also listening with pretty good noise-cancelling headphones, which might defeat the purpose.
I really want this to work, as I’m really frustrated bynoisy environments. I’ll give it a shot next time.
Skipping the hearing test, it keeps beeping, and says “connect your headphones”, which were already connected, and still beeping. (Bose QC35)
Update 2019 September
The hearing test seems to be a twitch test. After the first tone, I could hear all of the tones immediately. Something in the pipeline isn’t going quiet enough, or can’t. So it’s how fast can you click the “I can hear it” button.
I got past the hearing test. There is some misalignment on several screens. In one place I’m to enter a profile name for the environment where the test was run, and press OK, but these 2 text fields overlap.
I didn’t add a picture for my profile on that screen, so now I can’t add it. There’s no obvious menu, no way to restart the process. Perhaps if I add another profile, and delete the first.
The audio processing seems OK, but there’s a lot of noise added. I’m also listening with pretty good noise-cancelling headphones, which might defeat the purpose.
I really want this to work, as I’m really frustrated bynoisy environments. I’ll give it a shot next time.
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It may work for some people
It seems to give you only the one option of “I can hear it” if you can’t well to bad just have to pretend you can even if you can’t just to progress through the setup
So far so good!
Been using the app for a little over an hour now, setup was a breeze although I wasn’t able to hear over 3000 but still had to sit through the higher pitches. Nonetheless, I can hear cars passing by in the street while I sit on the toilet!
