The Silent Cost of Hearing Loss and How to Slow It Down

The silent cost of hearing loss and how to slow it down

He describes them as “hard-headed deniers” but spends a lot of time thinking about how he can win them over. James Whittaker wants to improve hearing health in New Zealand and a big part of that is convincing the deniers that wearing hearing aids can prolong good health. Whittaker is the CEO of Resonate Health, an expanding New Zealand-owned hearing health company with 29 studios stretching from Kerikeri to Invercargill. “Hard-headed deniers are…

Hearing Aid and Ear Device Patents for May 2025

Starkey’s patent # 12302084, Hearing device with multiple neural networks for sound enhancement, discusses the use of simplified Deep Noise Network (DNN) models to enhance not only the user’s perception of speech, but also specialty applications to enhance any type of sound whose signals can be characterized, such as music, animal noises (e.g., bird calls), machine noises, pure or mixed tones, etc. The May 2025 patent list Description Patent Nu…

Hearing aids and implants may improve mental health and life span

A new study has shown that hearing aids and cochlear implants don’t just improve hearing—they also help people feel more socially connected and less alone. The research, led by Dr. Janet Choi from the USC Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, looked at how hearing devices affect the social lives of adults […] The post Hearing aids and implants may improve mental health and life span appeared first on Knowridge Science Repo…