[Athen] Noise filtering/cancellation for specific sounds

[Stager, Catherine]

I have heard some good things about the sound filtering earplugs (https://www.wired.co.uk/article/earplugs-sound-sensitivity ) and some of our students employ nature sounds or white noise to support increasing their tolerance.
I have a student that uses full noise cancellation headphones paired with auto-transcription tools to help keep them focused.
This is a really interesting issue - let us know what you find out!

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Howdy y'all!

We're working with a student who has a neurological condition and a very high sensitivity to certain sounds (like electrical buzzing, squeaky furniture, beeping buses, etc). I'm scheduled to meet with them on Tuesday, but have been told they have tried many options for headphones - without much success.

I stumbled onto the HeardThat app (https://www.heardthat.ai/) which seems to use machine learning to amplify speech and radically reduce background noise. My initial thought would be to use an assistive listening option (preferably something like this) that gives direct feedback from the speaker into the student's headphones and, if possible, also reduces background noise.

Have y'all worked with this app or anything like it? Any advice or other recommendations to support the student's experience in this classroom?

Thanks!

J

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