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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Phonak Hearing Aids provide this kind of coverage. I’ve noticed a few neurodiverse students come onto campus with them.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">It focuses on audio in front of them and has noise cancelling for surrounding audio. You can check them out at Costco.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu> on behalf of Stager, Catherine <Catherine.Stager@frontrange.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at 11:39</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Athen] Noise filtering/cancellation for specific sounds<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I have heard some good things about the sound filtering earplugs (<a href="https://www.wired.co.uk/article/earplugs-sound-sensitivity">https://www.wired.co.uk/article/earplugs-sound-sensitivity</a> ) and some
of our students employ nature sounds or white noise to support increasing their tolerance. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I have a student that uses full noise cancellation headphones paired with auto-transcription tools to help keep them focused.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This is a really interesting issue – let us know what you find out! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Romack, Justin<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, January 13, 2024 6:28 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> athen-list@u.washington.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Noise filtering/cancellation for specific sounds<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Howdy y’all!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">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></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">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></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">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></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Justin Romack | Assistant Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">1224 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-1224<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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