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940 First Real-Time Brain-Controlled Hearing Device

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 05/12/2026 11:00 EDT

First Real-Time Brain-Controlled Hearing Device

Researchers at Columbia demonstrated the first real-time brain-controlled hearing system that can identify which speaker a listener is focusing on in a noisy environment and automatically amplify that voice while suppressing others. "This breakthrough addresses the 'cocktail party effect,' a major limitation of conventional hearing aids, which often struggle to distinguish between overlapping conversations in noisy settings," reports Neuroscience News. From the report: In the new study, Columbia researchers

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