Lyra
Lyra is a pair of hearing aid glasses that joins hearing support with everyday eyewear. A six microphone array captures sound from a selected direction and reduces background noise. A rotatable speaker sits close to the ear canal and provides up to 40 decibels of gain for clearer speech. Adaptive noise reduction and feedback control help in complex sound environments. Lenses can be made for myopia, presbyopia or progressive correction. The intent is to give hearing support a non medical appearance suited to daily use.
Lyra Hearing Aid Glasses by Zhaolin Wu was selected as a grand illustration of strategy design by the A' Design Awards. Lyra Hearing Aid Glasses earned the Iron A' Design Award in Eyewear Design in 2026. The A' Eyewear Design Award is a juried, academic and highly prestigious design prize which rewards outstanding design of sunglasses, prescription glasses, reading glasses, safety glasses, sports goggles, swim goggles, fashion eyewear, contact lenses and more.
