AT&S, Soundchip, and STMicroelectronics Craft Innovative Bionic Ear
From: Medical Design Technology - 09/16/2014

AT&S, a leader in advanced packaging solutions, Soundchip SA, a Swiss-based
innovator in wearable sound technology, and STMicroelectronics, a global
semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics
applications, today announced their collaboration in innovating a bionic
hearing module that, when installed into a personal audio device, delivers an
amazing wearable sound experience controlled at the ear by the wearer and
software intelligence.

Personal audio devices, like an MP3 player or smartphone, equipped with the
bionic hearing module, provide wearers with the ability to electronically
"open" and "close" their ears to ambient sound conditions, or even to augment
ambient sound with programmed audio from a connected smart device. This
capability can fully protect wearers from noise in situations where the
ambient sound is too loud, or to open the ear for natural conversation with
others, without having to remove the audio device, suffer from the discomfort
of occlusion, or worse, the pain of loud noise.

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Link:
Sound Chip
http://www.soundchip.ch/