Design a music product for deaf people.

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Clarifying questions: Is it a physical product or an app? who are we (start-up)? Do we have any other product in the market?

new headphones

Goal 

  • User acquisition since it’s a new product

Customers

  • Partial hearing loss
  • Complete hearing loss
  • Care takers can also use it
  • People who wear hearing aids – working professional and want a way to listen to music when they commuting
  • People who don’t wear hearing aid

Use cases/pain points

Plug them to my phone ? put them in my ear ? select music ? start listening

  • I cannot put them in my ear – I have hearing aid
  • I can’t hear so need something to tackle my hearing problem
  • I want to make sure it doesn’t affect my hearing aid quality so I can listen to outer sounds
  • If there is a way to connect to 911 so i feel safe

Solutions

  1. Bone conduction technology – it’s close to the ear and converts sounds to vibration and bypass auditory
  2. Headphones are designed to stay outside the ear
  3. There is a button and connected wirelessly to call 911 and can share the location – headphones are connected wirelessly to the phone

Prioritize

Solutions Impact Effort Feasibility Decision
1 High High Yes Must have
2 High Med Yes Must have
3 Med Med Yes Nice to have/quick win

Metrics

Number of headphones sold, user reviews – sentiment analysis, how many headphones are returned and the reasons for returns