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In-Ear Device Translates Languages in Real Time MAY 18, 2016 07:00 AM ET // BY ALYSSA DANIGELIS The idea for a little in-ear translator came to entrepreneur Andrew Ochoa when he met a French girl and didn’t know how to speak to her.... Fast forward to the present and Ochoa’s NYC-based startup Waverly Labs is taking pre-orders for their tiny device called the Pilot. The Pilot is a wearable device for two people that translates in real time as they speak, right into each person’s ear. In some ways it recalls Babel fish from The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, which let humans instantly understand any language after sticking one in your ear. Except the Pilot doesn’t feed on brain waves well, as far as I know. Waverly Labs hasn’t released many details about exactly how the Pilot works, but does describe it online as a smart earpiece language translator that connects to an app for downloading and toggling languages. To start, it will translate among French, Spanish, Italian, and English before expanding to others. Ochoa and his French friend Elodie do a sweet little demo with the devices here. Ochoa’s goal is ultimately to make a version that can translate everything happening around you in a foreign country, the Telegraph reported. The company will be accepting pre-orders via Indiegogo soon for the Pilot earpiece, which comes in three colors and is expected to retail for around $300 when it hits the market by spring 2017. A mobile app will be released this summer. Waverly Labs says the earpieces will work overseas and offline, huge advantages for travelers who need to communicate in areas lacking Internet access. The response so far from globetrotters on Twitter has been along the lines of shut up and take my money. Smartphones can now do a much better job translating in real time with various apps and Skype can translate between callers, but the in-ear device strikes me as a more elegant solution. Plus, it frees up your hands for all the gesticulating that goes so well with Romance languages.

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Hearing loss is practically an epidemic among young people in middle- and high-income countries -- and it's getting worse, not better. The World Health Organization said in February that 1.1 billion people ages 12-35 listen to personal audio devices at "unsafe volumes," risking permanent hearing loss. Worse, people who experience hearing loss don't always get the help they need fast enough, and they may not recognize that their behavior is risky to begin with. The proliferati...on of smartphones, which provide easy access to music-listening apps and often come packaged with earbuds, coincides with higher hearing-loss statistics. There's basically no question that the two are related. "Everyone's got something in their ears these days. That constant exposure is definitely causing an increase in hearing loss statistics," Dr. Diane Catalano, a senior audiology clinician at Duke University Medical Center, told The Huffington Post. Anna Gilmore Hall, executive director of the Hearing Loss Association of America, concurred, adding that people are experiencing "severe hearing loss much earlier." Here are a few simple things you can do to protect yourself from permanent, noise-induced hearing loss: Get Headphones That Fit A whopping 86 percent of U.S. consumers age 18-29 own smartphones, according to a recent Pew survey. That's a lot of phones. The problem is, the headphones that come with these devices aren't designed to fit perfectly into your ears, which means they let in a lot of ambient noise. People tend to crank up the volume on their devices to make up for this, Catalano said. It's imperative that your headphones fit correctly, so you should test out a few different kinds before buying. Earbuds should fit snuggly in your ears and isolate sound. The good ones come with a few different tip sizes, which let you pick which size best fills your ear. There's no such thing as "one size fits all." You can also get a custom pair made that molds perfectly to your ears, but be very careful about not pushing them in too far. As for over-ear headphones: They should cover your ears completely and block out ambient noise. Give Your Ears A Rest The World Health Organization recommends that young people limit themselves to one hour of listening per day on devices like smartphones. "You shouldn't have exposure to 80 decibels for longer than 60 minutes," Hall told HuffPost. "Give yourself a rest. Let your ears recover a little bit." For reference, 80 decibels is equivalent to the sounds of city traffic or a garbage disposal. After several hours, this decibel level can be damaging to your ears. Consider that next time you're pumping music through your headphones. Source:http://www.huffingtonpost.com//hearing-loss_us_567812eee4b

According to a recent study by Jamie Desjardins, PhD, an assistant professor in the speech-language pathology program at The University of Texas at El Paso, hearing aids improve brain function in people with hearing loss. It is known that hearing loss, if left untreated, can lead to emotional and social consequences, reduced job performance, and diminished quality of life. Recently, research has shown that untreated hearing loss also can interfere with cognitive abilities bec...Continue reading

The strange life of Q-tips, the most bizarre thing people buy! By Roberto A. Ferdman January 20, 2016 Years ago, my mother complained about a terrible earache. The pain was unbearable. And it wouldn't go away for a week, she walked around with a debilitating ringing in her head....Continue reading

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