Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 7, 2024

Or price disruption from miniaturization in the hearing aid market, and today’s price disruption from over-the-counter sales channel. Consider death of a spouse, divorce, illness, disability, loss of vision or hearing. category tags: seniors and aging policy , hearables/hearing technology , smartphones

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OCTOBER 26, 2022

HEAR A VOICE: Listen and serve an appropriate response. HEAR BETTER WITH OTC HEARING AIDS: Sell directly to those in need. This could be helpful to the 37 million Americans that have some hearing loss , including the one-in-four who have never used a hearing aid. Stay tuned!].

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JANUARY 25, 2023

As 2023 began, tech vendors used the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to launch a gaggle of gadgets, not solutions, to mitigate life barriers from hearing loss to limited mobility. Voice assistants and hearing aids. In addition to lower cost, hearing aids will increasingly be covered by popular Medicare Advantage plans.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 6, 2021

Hearing technology markets will be further disrupted in 2021. As it did in 2020, new hearing aids will make use of machine learning to enhance the quality of sound for the wearer. Lower cost hearing aid options including financing alternatives are now part of the mix.

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APRIL 10, 2019

This is in an era where hearing aids have evolved to incorporate embedded AI, fall detection, direct connections for phone calls, and numerous other features and functions. AARP recently surveyed the health impact (that’s good), but not the cost of correcting hearing loss. Looking at the Hearing Tracker survey demographics.

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Medicare 106

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 16, 2024

While Concha Labs hearing aids must be FDA approved before being sold in the United States, the combined technology and discreet profile of this product presents some exciting possibilities. Many similar hearing aids have preset sound profiles, but this is the most emphasis we’ve seen on actually making your own.”

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The US Food and Drug Administration approved the over-the-counter sale of hearing aids. The big five hearing aid manufacturers will once again remake and remarket themselves, their brands and pricing to fit the new rule. Consider the now-known and studied connection between untreated hearing loss and dementia.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 30, 2020

The hearing technology market is seeing disruption from multiple angles. Smart hearables were news at CES 2020 , including AI-enabled hearing aids with fall detection, better and adjustable noise cancellation – especially interesting for older adults in noisy restaurants.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 12, 2022

But the tech has changed – now non-wearable and radar-based fall detection (even in a steam shower), tiny paper sensors in a mat , wearables that can predict the onset of stroke , ones that feature biometrics, including blood pressure , and even Air Tags or Smart Tags that can pinpoint the location of a phone (or suitcase) left behind.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 12, 2018

The hearing aid industry offers pricey hearing aids for people with ‘defined’ hearing loss. The FDA wants you to understand that it regulates hearing aids – which it defines as helping the medical condition of hearing loss. Why do hearing aids cost so much? Recreational ?

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Medicare 74

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 6, 2022

And for hearing aid wearers, the smartphone can carry multiple apps that improve their quality of life. Hearing aid users need smartphones and apps. There are some apps that can enhance the quality of life of individuals with moderate or severe hearing loss. Otherwise the market has moved on – to remote monitoring.

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Health Technology Telehealth Nursing 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Hearing aids should appeal to those with significant hearing loss. It’s a given that hearing loss interferes with communication – which itself is a risk for social isolation – as well as fall risk and dementia. At the high end (meaning very expensive), hearing aids are increasingly clever.

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JULY 8, 2020

Half of those aged 75+ and one-third of the 65+ have hearing loss. As with other market segments, the hearing health market saw the opportunity to promote their teleaudiology (or tele-audiology ) services for those who already own telehealth-capable hearing aids that may need adjustment. Learn more at Beltone.

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Remote care Telehealth 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 8, 2020

Half of those aged 75+ and one-third of the 65+ have hearing loss. As with other market segments, the hearing health market saw the opportunity to promote their teleaudiology (or tele-audiology ) services for those who already own telehealth-capable hearing aids that may need adjustment. Learn more at Beltone.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Consider what’s happened with over the counter hearing aids, now available in kiosks at retailers like Walmart and Rite Aid. category tags: IoT and home monitoring , vehicle/transportation technology-services. You saw and considered the 2022 Tech Trends. Up ahead -- CES 2023. Check it out !].

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Nursing 136

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 25, 2018

Uncorrected hearing loss isolates and harms older adults. O ne in three between age 65 and 74 has hearing loss , and nearly half of people aged 75+ have some significant level of hearing loss. Furthermore, wearing hearing aids has been linked to fewer hospital visits. Why such a small percentage?

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The hearing technology market is seeing disruption from multiple angles. Smart hearables were news at CES 2020 , including AI-enabled hearing aids with fall detection, better and adjustable noise cancellation -- especially interesting for older adults in noisy restaurants. Smartphone market saturates – and some prices drop.

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JULY 6, 2022

Neosensory Clarify Wristband. " The Clarify wristband improves your hearing without the need to wear hearing aids. Users report better outcomes in understanding conversations than the average hearing aid user. category tags: AI and machine learning , Family caregivers , Home Care. Learn more.

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MARCH 15, 2023

The new report, The Future of AI and Older Adults, will be completed this summer and published on this site.] category tags: AgeTech , Generative AI , computers, broadband, and social networking , senior living And just in time. [

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Medical Billing 131

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 1, 2018

In a short month, heard lots about caregiving and hearing. You have 'conversed' with an older person who cannot hear well without hearing aids but owns an expensive pair which are highly adjustable. These individuals may ask you a question, but they don’t wait for an answer they can’t hear well. Recreational?

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MARCH 28, 2019

This hearing aid can now identify when its user has suffered a fall and send secure a warning notification to as many as three preselected emergency contacts. Kaizn will then adjust the user's hearing aid settings to reflect that preference. Oticon Kaizn. Learn more at Oticon. ReemoHealth Remote Mobile Health Platform.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 13, 2021

Here are a few useful to older adults, alphabetical from firm sites: AbsoluteAudio’s PYOUR Audio Hearing 2.0. This comprehensive software suite is built up from a range of proprietary algorithms, destined at restoring speech understanding and best music experience for people su ffering from hearing damage or hearing loss.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 20, 2021

Others require a leap of imagination or a good explanation as to why this variant of hearing aid is worth as much as $4000 per ear. Widex Moment hearing aid. Widex describes PureSound as “an industry defining, ultrafast signal pathway that eradicates the unpleasant artefacts inherent in classic hearing solutions.”

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APRIL 24, 2019

The more thin gs change… Who would have thought that fall detection would be added to a hearing aid ? Falls have been correlated with other health issues, associated with hearing loss and depression. Additionally, FallCall will send location and heart rate information to aid in the response." Learn more at FallCall.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 17, 2019

Hearing aids are undergoing a disruption in price , self-service purchasing , and programmability. Oticon Opn hearing aids with Bluetooth capability are Made for iPhone®, iPad® and iPod touch®, allowing you to stream audio directly into your hearing aids. Learn more at Flint Rehab. Oticon Opn.

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Digital Health 96

Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 6, 2020

Here are the four July posts: Hearing loss: Covid-19 sharpens the benefits of teleaudiology. Half of those aged 75+ and one-third of the 65+ have hearing loss. category tags: hearables/hearing technology , medication management , social isolation , covid-19 , Aging, ageism. More on that in several upcoming white papers.

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Health Technology Telehealth Medicare 91

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 3, 2019

A prior report recommending change in the hearing technology industry may have contributed to or encouraged the sale of PSAPs and the introduction in 2018 sale of over-the-counter hearing aids – and may have encouraged additional categories of hearing aids and the growth of interest in 'hearables.’

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 1, 2019

A few topics that stood out: We can hear voice tech with all devices and for all people – especially for seniors. Hearing technology got an upgrade and a lower price. Expect to see much more about this from the FDA – and for older adults to hear better at a lower, self-service purchase price. But as the Voicebot.ai

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 19, 2018

First there is the significant uptake of voice-enabled technology, was forecast to be transformative , and so it was, in senior living, in the homes and families of seniors, and as an interface in newer cars to make giving and hearing directions easier. Now Hear This: Hearing-related technology for older adults and caregivers (June, 2018).

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MARCH 1, 2023

WIDEX MOMENT™: A digital hearing aid that can adjust to different sound environments and stream music or phone calls 1. category tags: Generative AI , fall prevention, fall detection Some examples are: Fitbit: A wearable device that can monitor heart rate, sleep quality, steps, calories burned, etc 1.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 3, 2022

So much happened in 2021 that should benefit older adults. It should be more feasible to purchase hearing aids ‘ over the counter’ without an exam (offered for many years in Japan , but whatever.) category tags: Home Care , smart home , wearables, smart watch , Mobile PERS. The year 2021 was pivotal.

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JANUARY 17, 2019

Hearing aids are undergoing a disruption in price , self-service purchasing , and programmability. Oticon Opn hearing aids with Bluetooth capability are Made for iPhone®, iPad® and iPod touch®, allowing you to stream audio directly into your hearing aids. Learn more at Flint Rehab. Oticon Opn.

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Digital Health 77

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 3, 2019

A prior report recommending change in the hearing technology industry may have contributed to or encouraged the sale of PSAPs and the introduction in 2018 sale of over-the-counter hearing aids – and may have encouraged additional categories of hearing aids and the growth of interest in 'hearables.’

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Medicare Telehealth 63

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Interviewees felt that voice interfaces would help medical professionals through voice dictation, and it would aid patients with easily-accessed and useful information. Are voice assistants useful to those with hearing impairments or stutters (not so much, though some are hopeful )? An explosion of devices and users – that did happen.

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Telehealth 130

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 20, 2021

Others require a leap of imagination or a good explanation as to why this variant of hearing aid is worth as much as $4000 per ear. Widex Moment hearing aid. Widex describes PureSound as “an industry defining, ultrafast signal pathway that eradicates the unpleasant artefacts inherent in classic hearing solutions.”

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Others require a leap of imagination or a good explanation as to why this variant of hearing aid is worth as much as $4000 per ear. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , computers, internet and social networking. Learn more. Learn more.

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Health Technology Telehealth 88

Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Hearing aids should appeal to those with significant hearing loss. It’s a given that hearing loss interferes with communication – which itself is a risk for social isolation – as well as fall risk and dementia. category tags: wearables, smart watch , hearing loss , smartphones, cell phones.

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