US EditionAI Glasses Could Be a Improvement for Those with Hearing Loss
The UK project aims to aid over 1.2 million adults with hearing loss by using AI and lip-reading to filter background noise in real time, with a prototype expected by 2026.
- Heriot-Watt University leads a UK consortium developing AI-powered hearing glasses with lip-reading, collaborating with the University of Edinburgh, Napier University, and the University of Stirling.
- Despite available aids, most hearing aids struggle in noisy environments like cafés and transport hubs, affecting over 1.2 million UK adults with hearing loss, according to the Royal National Institute for Deaf People.
- Using a built-in camera, the glasses record dialogue and send audio-visual data via 5G to a cloud server, where AI isolates the speaker’s voice and returns cleaned audio almost instantly.
- With early success, the team has tested prototypes with hearing aid users and is engaging manufacturers to lower costs and increase availability.
- Looking ahead, the cloud-based model could one day be public, allowing anyone with a compatible device to benefit, with prototypes targeting 2026.
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AI-powered ‘hearing glasses’ could help filter out background noise in real time
The technology combines lip-reading technology, artificial intelligence and cloud computing.
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