/challenges-projects/project14/acoustics/b/blog/posts/buzzomatic---electric-earsIntroduction Hard of hearing people face all sorts of problems beyond the basic problems of communicating. One of these problems, which is potentially fatal, is not hearing sounds like someone blowing a horn as warning. I&rsquo;m partially dea...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/acoustics/b/blog/posts/buzzomatic---electric-earsTue, 17 Mar 2020 10:20:47 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:d5b46b1a-7fa7-44ef-8a8c-4af77aec9cb0dubbie1<p>Paj,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The concepts seems good and you have a novel implementation which I will have to remember. I have used electret microphones and found them sensistive but only at shorter distances. I&#39;m not expert but I&#39;m sure there must be a way to get a longer range, after all, Alexa works well - inside anyway.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Dubbie</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=8613&AppID=251&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/acoustics/b/blog/posts/buzzomatic---electric-earsMon, 16 Mar 2020 20:17:35 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:d5b46b1a-7fa7-44ef-8a8c-4af77aec9cb0dougw1<p>Cool idea.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=8613&AppID=251&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">