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Bwhahhaaha - it's a hearing aid! Just buy a fucking hearing aid!
In the literal sense, yes. In the clinical sense, no.
That being said, there's value in a hearing aid that doesn't look like a hearing aid. It's why Apple implemented a similar functionality into AirPods.
That being said, this is not a special feature, it's just Meta leveraging their marketing and ability to change the terms OTA to squeeze every dollar possible out of their customers.
Arguably they're also potentially more helpful if they can detect who you're looking at and only amplify that person's voice.
I have auditory processing issues and this is something that would help me a lot. Not enough to justify the costs - the glasses themselves, the subscription, my own self-respect, the privacy and respect of the people around me...
Yeah. The center channel on my TV's audio system has all the dialog. I love being able to focus my attention a specifc direction to hear what they're saying and the sound system does whatever the hell it does to make that happen. I could really see something like what you described being part of a cochlear implant to improve its functionality. But this is way beyond me. I just make noise.
I suppose that's possible but I would expect to see data attesting to that before shelling out the dough.
It's not even that sophisticated. A hearing aid works by directly stimulating the small bones in the ear. This is just a pair of earbuds with audio passthrough and a volume knob
Not all hearing aids are cochlear implants or bone conducting types. There's plenty that are basically an Airpod.
Source: am a user.
How else are they going to pay for server upkeep to store everything it hears?