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(shù)助聽(tīng)器價(jià)位在100美元至800美元。但是，印度，作為世界人口第二大國(guó)，其年人均收僅為600美元。對(duì)于大多數(shù)人來(lái)說(shuō)，助聽(tīng)器是遙不可及的。而這就是問(wèn)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(guó)學(xué)生提出了解決辦法。這個(gè)小裝置可以放到口袋里，與耳機(jī)一起，可以用于測(cè)試人的聽(tīng)力，并可以作為助聽(tīng)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(lái)，Mukund Venkatakrishnan一直在研究頻率，修復(fù)音調(diào)。兩年是個(gè)漫長(zhǎng)的時(shí)間，特別對(duì)于——

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

因?yàn)槲也胖挥?6歲，兩年讓我研究一些事物，時(shí)間真的很長(zhǎng)。

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

這個(gè)16歲的孩子發(fā)明的這個(gè)設(shè)備，既可以檢測(cè)聽(tīng)力，也可以用作助聽(tīng)器。

It eliminates a need for a doctor altogether.

這個(gè)設(shè)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(tīng)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(jī)插入手機(jī)插孔。如果能聽(tīng)到聲音，就按綠色按鈕;如果聽(tīng)不到聲音，就按這個(gè)按鈕。在進(jìn)行完聽(tīng)力測(cè)試后，這個(gè)設(shè)備就是一個(gè)助聽(tīng)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(gè)雙重功能的設(shè)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(dāng)設(shè)備成功的時(shí)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(diǎn)就要放棄了。

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

除了他堅(jiān)忍不拔的毅力之外，還有一個(gè)他沒(méi)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(shí)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(tīng)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(gòu)買(mǎi)助聽(tīng)器，可是助聽(tīng)器的價(jià)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(tīng)力學(xué)家就更不可能了。我們只有被敲詐的份兒。所以，我就開(kāi)始研究這個(gè)問(wèn)題，可能靈感就是這么來(lái)的。

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

從印度回來(lái)之后，Mukund就開(kāi)始研究了。

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

我開(kāi)始上網(wǎng)，查詢程序如何運(yùn)行，同時(shí)開(kāi)始自學(xué)。

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(gè)更多人可以買(mǎi)的起的設(shè)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(gè)設(shè)備只需要60美元?；?500美元來(lái)買(mǎi)60美元的東西，簡(jiǎn)瘋了。

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

這個(gè)設(shè)備Mukund花費(fèi)了兩年的時(shí)間，同時(shí)他還計(jì)劃對(duì)設(shè)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(dāng)你終于找到了解決的辦法，這是世界上最美妙的感覺(jué)，終于突破障礙感受到了“有了!”那個(gè)成功的瞬間。我喜歡那種感覺(jué)，是我的爺爺一直在激勵(lì)我前進(jìn)。