<strong>Bone conduction technology</strong> allows people with deafness to hear, helps tech-heads talk, and lets swimmers listen to music underwater. <strong>Find out more.</strong>
Hearing through your bones —
Bone conduction technology allows people with deafness to hear, helps tech-heads talk, and lets swimmers listen to music underwater. Find out more.
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For people with some forms of hearing loss, where sound cannot take the natural path from the outer to the inner ear, bone conduction can help them get round the issue. The <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.medel.com%2Fuk%2Fbonebridge%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank"><strong>Bonebridge</strong></a> implant transmits sound waves via bone conduction directly to the inner ear where they are processed just like a natural sound.
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For people with some forms of hearing loss, where sound cannot take the natural path from the outer to the inner ear, bone conduction can help them get round the issue. The Bonebridge implant transmits sound waves via bone conduction directly to the inner ear where they are processed just like a natural sound.
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Artist <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmarkuskison.de%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank"><strong>Markus Kison</strong></a> found a haunting new use for bone conduction technology: allowing visitors to Dresden, Germany to relive the horrors of the city's WWII air raids. At a silent observation deck, visitors can look out over the city, while placing their elbows on the railing and cupping their ears to hear the screeching airplane engines and exploding bombs.
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Artist Markus Kison found a haunting new use for bone conduction technology: allowing visitors to Dresden, Germany to relive the horrors of the city's WWII air raids. At a silent observation deck, visitors can look out over the city, while placing their elbows on the railing and cupping their ears to hear the screeching airplane engines and exploding bombs.
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An integrated bone conduction speaker is at the heart of the <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.co.uk%2Fglass%2Fstart%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank"><strong>Google Glass</strong></a> experience. It allows users to listen to notifications and instructions from their device, while being free to communicate with others and interact with the world around.
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An integrated bone conduction speaker is at the heart of the Google Glass experience. It allows users to listen to notifications and instructions from their device, while being free to communicate with others and interact with the world around.
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Neil Harbisson -- a contemporary artist born with color blindness -- has hacked a camera to pick up colors and transmit it to his ear as a musical note, via bone conduction. He calls it his <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FNeilHarbisson" target="_blank" target="_blank"><strong>Eyeborg</strong></a><strong>.</strong>
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Neil Harbisson -- a contemporary artist born with color blindness -- has hacked a camera to pick up colors and transmit it to his ear as a musical note, via bone conduction. He calls it his Eyeborg.
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<a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdreampadsleep.com%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank"><strong>Dreampad</strong></a><strong> </strong>turns your pillow into a speaker that only you can hear. Now you can lull yourself to sleep with sweet music transmitted through the fluff.
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Dreampad turns your pillow into a speaker that only you can hear. Now you can lull yourself to sleep with sweet music transmitted through the fluff.
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<a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aftershokz.com%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank"><strong>Aftershokz</strong> </a>bluetooth bone conduction headphones allow joggers to jog and cyclist to cycle without the risks inherent in ear-plugging headphones. They believe it could make exercise safer.
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Aftershokz bluetooth bone conduction headphones allow joggers to jog and cyclist to cycle without the risks inherent in ear-plugging headphones. They believe it could make exercise safer.
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Going one better, <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.maxvirtual.com%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank"><strong>Cynaps</strong></a><strong> </strong>put the whole headset into a cap. The conductor slots into the headband and sends your music down to your ears.
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Going one better, Cynaps put the whole headset into a cap. The conductor slots into the headband and sends your music down to your ears.
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<a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.panasonic.com%2Fshop%2Fmodel%2FRP-BTGS10-K" target="_blank" target="_blank"><strong>Panasonic</strong> </a>are among the big brands also releasing bone conduction headphones this year. They reckon their BTGS10 will work for TV watchers who don't want to disturb their sleeping significant other.
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Panasonic are among the big brands also releasing bone conduction headphones this year. They reckon their BTGS10 will work for TV watchers who don't want to disturb their sleeping significant other.
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