Well, Sony (and I'm sure others) makes a set of noise-cancelling headphones that work remarkably well. They can't filter out background noises like a TV in the distance, but they do a hell of a job on hums and engine noise. I tried a friend's, and the refrigerator fell dead silent when I flipped them on. He says he can't use them when he drives, because his car is cantankerous, and he can't hear the engine to know if something is wrong with it. Paul Archer PS. I just realized that the friend in question, Jay, is on this list now. So if there is interest, he can say more about them than I can. On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Jeremiah Alfrey wrote: > is it at all posible to write some software that would help drown out > natural sounds and heihten important ones like conversations. > > I know that the people at the hearing aid companies have been working > on this sort of thing for a while. > > -- > Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of > "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to> Wear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.ml.org > ---------------------------------------------------- A key to the understanding of all religion is that a god's idea of amusement is Snakes And Ladders with greased rungs. -- Terry Pratchett, "Wyrd Sisters" ---------------------------------------------------- -- Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to
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