Occasionally in life, the things we most want to hear remain just outside our awareness, separated by an impenetrable wall of silence. Whether caused by physiological defect from birth, long-term hearing loss caused by exposure to extreme noise or pressure on the job, or degeneration of the nerves connected to the tympanic membrane, not being able to hear can drastically limit the worth of a ticket to any given concert, much less a concert of the century... until now.
Acme proudly introduces the Concerto, a prototype high-fidelity concert-grade audio enhancement device. Unlike the hearing-aids of yester-year, this amazing little device, worn as a simple hair-clip, combines aesthetic form with function. Sensing sonic vibrations in the air caused by music, conversation, or other environmental sounds, the kinetic energy resonating in the collection surface vibrates and induce minute currents, much the same as in any high-fidelity microphone. Transverters convert those electrical currents into neural impulses, which then register in the appropriate sound-recognition centers in the brain.
Simple and painless to operate, the device is activated by clipping it in the hair, next to the scalp. To turn it off and conserve battery life, remove it from the hair.
Unfortunately, while operating on the bleeding edge of coincidental, the strain of transverting sound to neural impulse takes a rapid toll on the device. The standard wafer battery lasts for six hours, and the transverter circuit lasts for no more than one or two battery changes.
How it works:
Forces senses the sonic vibrations. A conjunctional Forces/Mind effect transforms sound waves into neural impulses, then routes those impulses to the appropriate sound recognition centers in the brain. Prime, as always, fuels the effect.