CNN News:16歲的你能做到像他一樣嗎?

Most hearing aids are priced between $100 and $800. But in India, the world`s second most populated country, the income per capita is around $600 a year. For many people there, airing aids are simply unaffordable. That was the problem.

大多數助聽器價位在100美元至800美元。但是，印度，作為世界人口第二大國，其年人均收僅為600美元。對于大多數人來說，助聽器是遙不可及的。而這就是問題的根源。

A student in the U.S. came up with a solution. It`s a small device that could fit in someone`s pocket. It works with headphones and it both tests a person`s hearing and then becomes a hearing aid.

一位美國學生提出了解決辦法。這個小裝置可以放到口袋里，與耳機一起，可以用于測試人的聽力，并可以作為助聽器使用。

For two years, Mukund Venkatakrishnan spent hours fiddling with frequencies and tinkering with tones. And two years is a long time, especially –

兩年來，Mukund Venkatakrishnan一直在研究頻率，修復音調。兩年是個漫長的時間，特別對于——

Because I`m only 16, like two years is a long time for me to spend on something.

因為我才只有16歲，兩年讓我研究一些事物，時間真的很長。

This 16-year-old created this device, a hearing test and aid.

這個16歲的孩子發(fā)明的這個設備，既可以檢測聽力，也可以用作助聽器。

It eliminates a need for a doctor altogether.

這個設備完全可以替代醫(yī)生。

First, the tests, different sounds at different frequencies.

首先，不同的頻率可以聽到不同的聲音

You plug in head phones on the normal headphone jack right there. You hear the sound, you click the green button. If you don`t hear the sound, you click the button. And after the hearing test is completed, the device program will start to be a hearing aid.

將耳機插入手機插孔。如果能聽到聲音，就按綠色按鈕;如果聽不到聲音，就按這個按鈕。在進行完聽力測試后，這個設備就是一個助聽器了。

A double duty device, something even he wasn`t sure that he could create.

他自己甚至不敢相信自己發(fā)明了一個雙重功能的設備。

I`m just surprised it turned out OK, right, because you never -- it`s hard to like see something like this working, like I wanted to quite a lot of times in the middle.

當設備成功的時候，我感到的只是驚訝——很能想象它竟然可以工作，中間有很多次我差點就要放棄了。

But besides his incredible persistence, there`s a big reason why he didn`t quit.

除了他堅忍不拔的毅力之外，還有一個他沒有放棄發(fā)明的重大原因/

Summer after my freshman year, I went to India and I stayed with my grandparents. And my grandfather has had hearing loss for a little while.

在我高一暑假的時候，我去了印度和我的爺爺奶奶住在一起。我的爺爺不久前聽力受損。

And it became Mukund`s job to help get him to a doctor for a hearing aid. And the experience was less than ideal.

Mukund的工作就是找醫(yī)生購買助聽器，可是助聽器的價格太昂貴了。

And the process took forever to find an audiologist. Then, once we got there, they ripped us off. And so, I kind of looked into the problem more and that`s kind of where I got into the idea.

找聽力學家就更不可能了。我們只有被敲詐的份兒。所以，我就開始研究這個問題，可能靈感就是這么來的。

So, when he got home from India, he went to work.

從印度回來之后，Mukund就開始研究了。

I started online. I looked up how to program online and I taught myself how to program.

我開始上網，查詢程序如何運行，同時開始自學。

And how to build a device at a price that more people can afford.

以及如何可以發(fā)明一個更多人可以買的起的設備。

Yes, 60 bucks is what it is right now, and it`s crazy that they cost $1,500 each when you can do it for 60 bucks.

這個設備只需要60美元?；?500美元來買60美元的東西，簡瘋了。

Two years working on the project and he still plans on making improvements.

這個設備Mukund花費了兩年的時間，同時他還計劃對設備做出改善。

But then when you finally, I should get that solution, it`s like the best feeling in the world, to finally break through and get that moment of ha-ha, like eureka. I love that feeling and it`s kind of what kept me going -- that and my grandfather.

當你終于找到了解決的辦法，這是世界上最美妙的感覺，終于突破障礙感受到了“有了!”那個成功的瞬間。我喜歡那種感覺，是我的爺爺一直在激勵我前進。