The phrase "augment hearing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to enhancing or improving one's ability to hear, often in discussions about technology or medical devices.
Example: "The new hearing aids are designed to augment hearing in noisy environments, allowing users to better understand conversations."
Alternatives: "enhance hearing" or "improve hearing".
(Though Mr. Giordano uses only American Sign Language as Huck, he both signed and spoke -- he has some hearing, augmented by hearing aids -- during a recent interview, and followed up later with an online chat).
Unable to augment his hearing, Foster trained his nose.
They will translate foreign languages in real time, carry out voice commands like Siri and Alexa, and, believe it or not, augment natural hearing by minimizing all external noise or selectively decreasing unwanted sounds to enhance those that matter.
"I had to have the best hearing I could because I wanted to remain a psychologist," said Teresa Cochran of Alexandria, Va., who has a cochlear implant in one ear but depends on a hearing aid in the other to augment her range of hearing.
To augment this "early warning" of hearing loss, a validated criterion measure (e.g., "cutoff 1" as described here) could be used to increase sensitive detection of a mild loss as it develops.
It's a similar concept to Amy Radcliffe's scentography camera and points to a future where our sense of smell becomes equally important in a digitally augmented world as sight and hearing.
Collectively, these results indicate that the ChatterVox™ amplification device reduced the speaker's vocal intensity level at the microphone, while it augmented the voice heard at the back of the classroom.
With no disrespect to her tunes – relevant oldies, well-chosen covers such as Dylan's It's All Over Now, Baby Blue, more recent efforts – it is Faithfull's posh husk we are here to hear, augmented by the odd cough and swearing.
Anatesse 2.0 is interactive student learning software containing animations, chapter support, and self-study quizzes to aid learning and augment understanding of anatomy and physiology of the speech, language, hearing, and swallowing mechanisms which integrate a section of The Electronic Classroom Manager to accompany the book Anatomy & Physiology for Speech, Language and Hearing, Third Edition.
