Hearing soft sounds, hearing speech from a distance, and hearing speech in noisy environments are all situations where someone with hearing loss might struggle. While the FDA draft guidance is still only a draft, it certainly seems that Soundhawk’s marketing is in direct opposition to the guidance.
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It’s designed for those who struggle to hear soft sounds, converse over distance (such as talking to someone who is in another room) and understand speech in noisy environments. We created Soundhawk to help people hear more of what matters most even in the noisiest places. They are not intended to compensate for hearing impairment or to address listening situations that are typically associated with and indicative of hearing loss. They are intended to accentuate sounds in specific listening environments, rather than for everyday use in multiple listening situations. PSAPs are intended to amplify environmental sound for non-hearing impaired consumers. Here’s a snippet from the FDA’s draft guidance on the topic: PSAPs are not technically intended to help with hearing loss. PSAPs and Hearing Lossīefore getting to our in-depth Soundhawk review, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on the topic of PSAPs and hearing loss. This gave the Soundhawk a huge, and unprecedented, boost in popular media coverage (for a PSAP). The Soundhawk was also the first PSAP to be successfully marketed as wearable device (in the ever-trendy hearables category).
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The Soundhawk sports a simple and elegant design, is bundled with a remote microphone system, and caters to the needs of both Android and iOS users. Manufactured by Foxconn (iPhone manufacturer in China), and created by an all star team (including ex Apple, Adobe, Cisco, Amazon, Motorola, HP, Jawbone staff), the Soundhawk Smart Listening System promised to be the the killer PSAP (Personal Sound Amplification Product).
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Update: The product reviewed in this article is no longer available for purchase, and Soundhawk is no longer in business.