In this episode of the Hearing Horizons podcast, The Hearing Review Chief Editor Melanie Hamilton-Basich is joined by Stephanie Czuhajewski, MPH, executive director of the Academy of Doctors of Audiology, who shares her thoughts on the results of the new Synchrony “Hearing Health & Loss Prevention” study focused on what consumers ages 18-55 think about hearing loss and hearing care. They discuss the different reasons why more younger people don’t seek out hearing care and how audiologists and other HCPs could use insights from the study to better understand and help patients.
Further reading: A Study of Younger People’s Perceptions of Hearing Care
with the incorporation of AI by several hearing aid suppliers, I am surprised that no one appears to have commented on the quality of the speech generated. I have tried three different Ai hearing aids and in each case have had to reject them because of the harsh unnatural sound of my own voice. I have worn hearing aids for twelves years and have never encountered anything like this.