Communication Support with the COMUOON Communication Support System

Abstract

The Comuoon is a device that makes a speaker’s voice easier to hear, thus providing needed support for all types of hearing deficiencies—congenital, spontaneous, noise-induced (sensorineural), and age-related impairments. The high-performance microphone flawlessly picks up voices and delivers them with minimal distortion via an independently developed, egg-shaped speaker and high-clarity aluminum honeycomb speaker unit—a process that makes sound more intelligible for the hard-of-hearing and dramatically improves communication between the hearing impaired and unimpaired. The increase in hearing loss due to aging is a global concern, but it is believed that improvements in communication with people with age-related hearing loss lead to improvements in quality of life as well. Also, improvements based on feedback from communication with hearing impaired children at educational institutions have resulted in enhanced speech capabilities. The Comuoon helps reduce the stress related to hampered communication and, while working together with medical institutions, we continue to develop technology that makes life easier.