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Episode: App offers Australian diners solution to restaurant background noise
Description: An Australian app is setting out to help diners tired of battling background noise when they visit restaurants. The app allows users to search and review restaurants based on noise levels.
Open-plan kitchens and sparse furnishing are the modern hallmarks of a trendy restaurant. However, some restauranteurs fail to consider the auditory implications of these design features. Diners tired of shouting across their starters now have a solution to the problem of overwhelming background noise.
Audiologist Laura Drexler has designed βAmbient Menu,β an app that helps match restaurant-goers with venues that meet their hearing needs.
Realizing that some potential restaurant-goers had...