Ali Mohamed built a technology that enables individuals with hearing loss to visualize sound. Vound uses a combination of augmented reality and artificial intelligence to interpret sound waves and convert them into projections on a display screen in real-time at a fraction of the cost of cochlear implants or hearing aids. Vound is developing prototypes that could serve people with speech disorders and various hearing impairments that affect 1.3 billion people. Vound’s technology has won awards from MIT, Harvard, Intel and Microsoft. Mohamed, originally from Egypt, is currently taking time off from MIT to test his technology across the U.S.

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