"The lion's den": audio device "deep.one" lets the deaf hear music
Created: 05/07/2022, 3:00 p.m
By: Judith Brown
Three founders from Munich present a sensation at “Die Höhle der Löwen”: an audio device with which the deaf can feel music.
Munich – music for the deaf?
The founders of "deep.one" from Munich want to make what sounds utopian possible.
They will present their product on the popular Vox show "Die Höhle der Löwen" on Monday evening (9 May 2022).
This is an audio device that allows people with hearing impairments to hear music on their bodies.
With their idea, they could also revolutionize television and computer games in the future.
"The Lion's Den" (Vox) - "deep.one" lets the deaf hear music
"Haptic perception is the key to reality," explains founding member Stefan Sube (45) to "RTL".
Because: “We hear and see the world that we experience every day – but we also feel it.
Like an approaching train, for example,” says the engineer.
This is also what Frederik Podzuweit (40), a graduate industrial designer, is concerned with, who has always been enthusiastic about the interplay of the senses.
A study project inspired the founder to design a special audio device: With the device that they present in "The Lion's Den", deaf people are able to hear music.
For this, Podzuweit translated music into strong vibrations.
Investor Judith Williams seems to be enthusiastic about the audio device "deep.one" in "The Lion's Den".
© Bernd-Michael Maurer/RTL
Finally, Sube recognized the potential of the idea and together they developed a prototype that is now ready for series production, with which they make bass tangible.
It is particularly important where the vibration is in the body.
"Namely on the neck and in the chest muscle," says Podzuweit.
The industrial designer explains to "24vita.de" that the music is transmitted to the body with increased vibration, the so-called "vibration pads".
The low-frequency component is transferred using these pads on the neck and on the chest, with “deep.one” being connected to an output device via Bluetooth.
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"deep.one" was developed for hearing-impaired and deaf people
From a medical point of view, a distinction is made between different hearing impairments.
In addition to temporary hearing loss, which can be caused by inflammation in the ear, for example, there are several gradations of permanent hearing damage: hearing loss is understood to mean a moderate hearing loss of around 50 decibels, residual hearing loss is defined as hearing loss from around 90 decibels.
A person is deaf or deaf if the hearing loss is more than 120 decibels.
“Even completely deaf people can listen to music with our device.
Our prototypes were specially developed with hearing-impaired and deaf people as test subjects," continued Podzuweit when asked by "24vita.de".
The music is not heard, but "you dive in and feel the sound," the 40-year-old describes the experience with "deep.one".
However, he emphasizes that not every type of music is suitable for the sound experience.
"A high-pitched female voice or a single violin has too little vibration to be perceived by the body."
The two founders were also able to convince the third party of their audio device: Prof. Stefan Mittnik, Professor of Financial Econometrics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, was enthusiastic about the idea of his former student Podzuweit and finally on board.
Together they will present the audio device - hopefully well prepared - to the investors of "The Lion's Den".
After all, the entrepreneurs have bigger plans for their business idea.
"The Lion's Den" (Vox): Founders also want to conquer the entertainment market
“The deep.one is a great device for gamers in particular, because it allows them to delve even deeper into their gaming world.
The same applies to watching films," Sube explains, according to "RTL".
Users would then not only be able to perceive games and films audiovisually, but with a third sense.
This could make the experience more intense and even more real.
In order to conquer the entertainment market, they want to offer ten percent of the company shares for an investment of 200,000 euros in “Die Höhle der Löwen”.
Whether they, like the founders of the movable "FREIBEIK" saddle joint against back pain when cycling, go home with a "Die Höhle der Löwen" deal or even turn it down like the founders of "shower+", that will be revealed on Monday evening from 8:15 p.m .
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