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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.