Hearing Aid Tech Isn’t Just for Listening Anymore

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The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 10 November 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

There may come a day when everyone will be wearing hearing aids. That’s because today’s hearing aids can do much more than clarify and amplify sound. Companies like Starkey are adding features like cognitive activity tracking and exercise monitoring. They’re developing tech that aims to warn users before they might fall and predict aspects of mental health too. If barriers like high cost and social stigma are addressed, hearing aids could become a vital accessory, whether or not you’re one of the 55 million Americans projected to have hearing loss by 2030. What do you think about the show? Let us know on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or email us: [email protected] Further reading: Wait, Are Hearing Aids Cool Now? Ask Millennials Apple AirPods Could Help You Hear Better Buying Help for Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids—Whether You Spend $250 or $2,500 Cheaper Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids Are Coming. Here’s How to Comparison Shop. Cures for Hearing Loss May Be Found in New Drugs Using Teeth to Help Restore Hearing Better Hearing Can Lead to Better Thinking Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	First, the bad news.
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0:15.0	Hey Future of Everything listeners. In today's episode, we're looking at how hearing
0:19.4	AIDS can do way more than help you hear and how the hearing aids of tomorrow will even predict aspects
0:26.1	of your physical and mental health. We want to hear from you. What's one thing you wish a hearing
0:31.9	aid could do?
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0:39.0	Thanks for listening, and now on to the show. It was a cold day in West Fargo, North Dakota.
0:50.0	David Cruz had just gotten home from work
0:55.2	and changed his clothes to relax for the evening. But he couldn't stand seeing
1:00.0	that clean filter alert light on the air purifier anymore.
1:04.0	So he decided he cleaned it out really quickly using the vacuum in his garage.
1:09.5	He went out to his driveway where he tripped and fell alone.
1:13.0	It was 20 degrees outside and I'm ashamed to say all I had on was a robe and t-shirt and
1:19.2	shorts and I stumbled and my foot caught and down I went. I skinned up my arm and I dislocated my
1:26.3	left shoulder and I hit my head on the front bumper of my car.
1:30.6	David Cruz is 71. He's a hearing instrument specialist who sells hearing aids made by Starkey,
1:36.2	one of the largest hearing aid companies in the world. He also wears one of their devices,
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