Apologies for the promo-sounding thread title.

The product description sounds a bit like a custom EQ to me: http://www.macworld.com/article/3090489/hardware/even-earphones-tune-into-your-ears-to-deliver-the-perfect-sound.html

I get the reasoning behind the technology – ultimately, I'd rather have my ears fixed than get earphones tuned to my hearing deficiencies.

If you combined this technology with a custom ear mold, you might get the ultimate IEM. They could go beyond frequency correction if they had a large enough database and good enough drivers.

51 minutes ago, HiWire said:

I'd rather have my ears fixed than get earphones tuned to my hearing deficiencies.

That's not always an option.  My mom was hoping to go completely deaf because they wouldn't allow themselves to operate on her unless she was.  There's also healing time.

It depends on the problem and the type of surgery. If your hearing loss is permanent and stable an equalized response earphone could be of some help, although you must be careful on how much gain you apply to some frequencies because you might be risking making your hearing loss worse.

Absolutely, guys. I'm talking about future medical technology, not current surgical practices.

Otherwise, this thing would be similar to a glorified hearing aid for music playback.

Edited July 6, 201610 yr by HiWire