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<p class="MsoNormal">Howdy y’all!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I stumbled onto the HeardThat app (<a href="https://www.heardthat.ai/">https://www.heardthat.ai/</a>) 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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Justin Romack | Assistant Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Disability Resources | Texas A&M University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">1224 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-1224<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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