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New Monaural — Monaural Music Player for those with unilateral hearing loss
It's a music player app which has a special monaural mode for the people with unilateral hearing loss.
It mixes L/R channels within a sound space to reproduce the balance which those people experience when listening to music normally (without headphone).
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I am a designer/develope based in Tokyo, and ever since I was born I have been deaf in one ear. As a child I grew up having no idea what stereo sounded or felt like, but still I loved listening to and performing music, and I hold onto that love today.
In becoming a designer, my daily work has become considering what kind of user exprience I should provide, and what exactly an app for those with unilateral hearing loss like me should be.
It's a difficult problem, and one that delayed production for over a year. But then, a simple realization came to me: people who are deaf in one ear don't live in a flattened out, monaural world. New Monaural starts from that line of thinking.
I downloaded a sound level meter to protect my hearing. Now everyone can download any useful applications to their phone.
@njculpin What application can you recommend? I often listen to music at home. I want to check the noise level. I don't want to spoil my hearing. What is the maximum level of listening to music?
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