Modern hearing aids do various things in attempt to separate voices in order to present them more cleanly in the 3D spacial field. It's usually referred to as voice tracking, but different companies have different buzzwords. This does very much make it easier for people with hearing aids in both ears to locate a specific voice, and focus on it at the exclusion of others, pretty much as your ears already do. They just make the stereo division more clear. So I think this newer technology is taking what already exists, to the next level.
Some settings can also lower the volume of voices you aren't looking straight at. It's really quite useful if you are in a conference and everyone keeps shuffling around and trying to talk over the person who is supposed to be speaking, for example.
The weird side effect is something I jokingly call "spy mode" which allows me to intensify voices behind me instead of ahead of me. Apparently it's more to benefit drivers, but it's cool hearing clearly everything going on behind you, too. Interestingly I can't use the on-board controls or even the remote to enable the "spy mode," but I can when I am connected (via bluetooth) to my cell phone and control them with the app.
Some settings can also lower the volume of voices you aren't looking straight at. It's really quite useful if you are in a conference and everyone keeps shuffling around and trying to talk over the person who is supposed to be speaking, for example.
The weird side effect is something I jokingly call "spy mode" which allows me to intensify voices behind me instead of ahead of me. Apparently it's more to benefit drivers, but it's cool hearing clearly everything going on behind you, too. Interestingly I can't use the on-board controls or even the remote to enable the "spy mode," but I can when I am connected (via bluetooth) to my cell phone and control them with the app.