AudioTelligence, a Cambridge software startup is providing hearing aid and consumer electronics companies with a reference design for its new assistive hearing device, a tabletop remote microphone called Orsana, to create and release their own assistive listening devices.
AudioTelligence
Edition 85, April 2023
Innovative Ideas
Orsana offers a solution for hearing aid users who struggle in social situations where traditional options are insufficient. For non-hearing aid users, Orsana caters to the increasing demand for solutions that enable the user to hear in noisy environments, which was identified in recent research by Qualcomm.
The device can be paired with their Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) True Wireless Stereo (TWS) earbuds and/or hearing aids, which means it can connect to other devices on the market. This universal assistive listening device designed to help everyone hear clearly in noise, with or without hearing aids, allows users to focus on the people they want to hear while at the same time reducing background noise.