Help us understand hearing where it really happens.
Record a natural conversation and receive a free research report showing moments where understanding may have broken down. Your contribution helps build better ways to study hearing outside the clinic.
How it works
One real-world conversation can support the research and give you a new view of your everyday listening experience.
Record a natural conversation
Use your phone to record a conversation with a family member, friend, or caregiver in a place where you normally talk.
Submit it with everyone’s consent
Review the consent details with every speaker, then upload the recording through our participation form.
Receive a research report
We send you a carefully reviewed report showing potential moments where understanding may have broken down.
Carefully reviewed before reporting
Potential moments pass through a multi-stage review so the report can distinguish stronger findings from moments that remain uncertain.
Beyond the clinic
Clinic tests are essential, but they cannot recreate every restaurant, car ride, or family conversation. Samioo studies observable moments from the places where listening actually happens.
These moments are potential signals, not diagnoses. The research examines them in context and reports uncertainty when more than one explanation is possible.
Direct requests for repetition
Words such as "What?" or "Could you repeat that?" can mark a moment worth a closer look.
Information asked about again
A later question may revisit information shared earlier. This can be meaningful, but the surrounding conversation matters.
Conversational and acoustic context
Timing, surrounding speech, background noise, and speaker context help qualify what a moment may mean.
Why your recording matters
Everyday hard-of-hearing conversations are underrepresented in research
Real-world conversational recordings from hard-of-hearing people are scarce in existing research resources. Every consented contribution helps us examine experiences that normal-hearing conversation data cannot establish.
Contribute a conversation. Receive a free research report.
Your recording helps Samioo learn how everyday hearing difficulty appears outside a test booth.
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