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(Image: Getty) Electronics manufacturers are increasingly producing software and products that address hearing loss. Smartphone apps, earbuds, and soundbars help people understand real-time, in-person conversations, phone calls, and streaming media.  It s remarkable that so many more tech companies are even thinking about people with hearing loss, says Joe Montano, a New York City audiologist and professor at Cornell University s Weill Medical College. Montano was pleasantly surprised to learn that big box retailer BJ s is now selling a dialogue clarifying soundbar that makes it easier for people with hearing loss to understand movies and TV shows by reducing the prominence of music and sound effects in the soundtrack.

New yorkUnited statesChris havellJoe montanoDavid canningtonLise hamlinPhilipp skribanowitzDick debartoloRichard einhornPaul simonHearing loss association of americaNational institutes of healthNational acoustic laboratoriesOlive unionEuropean unionCornell university weill medical college