Well, here’s something interesting I hadn’t seen before! Anyone tried it? @ConZ27 @glucas
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Thanks for the heads up, but I’m not sure why you directed your message at me - I have never really been involved in hearing aid software development. I am a technical director of pathology laboratory software, which is an entirely different subject !
Oh sorry you must be the wrong gianlucas! I meant @johnlucas
Haha. No worries 
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Right @johnlucas here 
Thanks @AbramBaileyAuD sounds interesting will check it out.
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Hey abram,
thank you for the link, it sounds really interesting. I already have tried to create an android-app. But my smartphone is way too slow and far away from real-time. Tympan looks like to be a good point for restarting.
But it’s just a hobby for me. What do you think, is 250$ a fair price? I have expected it to be at about 150$.
It looks like something you play with rather than an alternative to an actual HA. Something to start transitioning to real-time programming abilities. You aren’t going to get RT from Python and such. You are talking C or C+ without many modules enabled. You are working more with a C that’s closer to the K&R original that was meant as an alternative to asm. Probably optimizing sections of code in assembler. Doesn’t have directional mikes etc. So the results would still be rudimentary.
There are 2 microphones, and a stereo mic input. Seems sufficient to create a directional microphone system.
Seems reasonable to me given the hardware / software provided. I also agree with @KenP that this is more of a dev tool than a hearing aid replacement… though I could see using this device for a number of real world applications today.
Yes of course, this is not a replacement for a real HA. As I said earlier it is just a hobby. My real HA has a maximum output of 132dB, the Tympan board “only” can handle up to 120dB.
@AbramBaileyAuD thank you for your estimation concerning the price.
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Thanks for the link. It looks very interesting. I have been experimenting with micro controllers for quite some time. It looks like a good platform for development.
v/r
Jeff
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For those interested, there’s a webinar coming up from the ASA on Tympan https://acousticalsociety.org/streaming-broadcast-spring-2018-minneapolis/