Intent hearing sounds good in theory, but I wonder if it would work for folks like me: 1.) cinderblock ears and 2.) brain + ear doesn’t seem to process the deluge of sounds coming at me. At least that was my experience with the Oticon OPN (granted years ago).
I get that folks LEAN IN to try and hear better in loud places, but physically leaning in doesn’t ampify the person’s speech coming at me. It’s like wearing my hair in a ponytail to expose my ears isn’t going to make a jot of difference in how well I hear.
I’d be SO VERY curious to put these Intent aids to the test. O’course, Oticon would probably not want to hear from a cranky, jaded, veteran user like ME.
On the other hand, maybe I could train the aids to actually drill down to the speech if it learns how I try to hear better in loud places. I lean forward, cup a hand behind each ear and say, “WHAAAAA??!” That gets the person to talk louder, and hey, maybe that’s as good as it gets?
