Auralis is an AR-enabled hearing aid app that integrates with smart glasses to provide real-time sound visualization and directional audio guidance. The app helps users with hearing loss navigate conversations more confidently through personalized audio adjustments, focus modes, and intuitive visual feedback, creating a more connected and enhanced hearing experience.
Role:
Product Designer
Industry:
Healthcare Technology / Medical Devices
Duration:
16 weeks
Challenges
How might we help people with hearing loss engage more confidently in face-to-face conversations by using AR glasses that deliver real-time transcription and adaptive sound adjustments?
In noisy environments, users frequently miss important dialogue and feel self-conscious when they have to ask others to repeat themselves. This often leads to frustration, social isolation, and a reluctance to participate in group settings.
Research & Key Insights
Social Perception & Stigma
People who are hard of hearing often feel embarrassed when others ask about their devices or stare. That embarrassment can lead to frustration and social withdrawal (Appau, 2024).
AI’s Role & Possibilities
Modern AI enables real‐time transcription and environmental sound recognition so users can understand speech more easily. Some devices also leverage AI for health monitoring and fall detection (Wolfgang, 2019)
Challenges & Assistive Tech
Users need a solution that isolates speakers visually and offloads processing on-device to avoid both social stigma and unreliable transcription in noisy environments
User Flow & IA
Home
Settings
Pair
Launch
Focus
Mode
High Fidelity Screens
Pairing Screen
Account Selection Screen
Sign Up
Home
Audio Settings
Assistive AI Settings