Excellent concept, although not really a game. More like an interactive movie...
Reviews for "Hearing Loss"
Great job! I can now tell people why my wife and I are drained by conversations with lots of people in loud restaurants. I have considerable hearing loss from playing percussion in band, before they told us to use ear plugs, and my wife is nearly deaf without her hearing aids due to marching band, her job as an Emergency Medical Tech (much like the old Paramedics on the 70's show "Emergency") on an ambulance, and genetic factors. With her hearing aids she is still missing any speech not in front of her and she can only focus on a few people at a time.
As a person who has hearing loss, this is pretty spot on.
I enjoyed this game a lot! I learned something here. I have a condition called "synesthsia", it's just basically crossed wires in the brain, and in my case it crosses hearing with sight so I see sound. Outings, loud groups, music in outdoor places, and other things can get very overwhelming, this is what it's like when I need ear plugs, and I could only imagine how much it stinks to not have the choice I do.
Thanks for the game, reminder, and lesson.
As someone with hearing loss, this game accurately depicts what life is like. The game is educational but lacks the entertainment aspect. It would have been more fun if the game was like a fast paced fill in the blank.