iTunes have released an a iPad application to buy and download, to help those who are not hearing impaired really understand what it is consists of.
Sometimes it can be hard to put yourself in a deaf person’s position and realise how hard life can become without full hearing senses.
Or maybe you are just curious of what it would be like to have a hearing loss, especially if you have a family member or friend with a hearing impairment.
The application, The Hearing Loss Simulator by Starkey Laboratories, enables you to experience these interests and wonders and choose a specific hearing loss configuration; and then listen to sounds as though you have that particular hearing loss.
It contains pre-recorded common sounds and has the option to let you record your own voice for playback through the different hearing loss arrangments.
It includes graphics to show where the common sounds, speech, and individual speech sounds are located for loudness and frequency.
