New Glasses Double as Hearing Aid

Scientists from Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands have developed spectacles with tiny embedded microphones on each side. This is no laboratory pipedream. They were developed commercially and people are already wearing them.

The glasses, called Varibel, dampen surrounding noise while selectively strengthening sounds coming from in front of the wearer. The device separates proffered sounds from the unwanted with twice the sensitivity of a traditional hearing aid, the manufacturer claims.

Source: Fox News