Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 12, 2022

Smart tags pinpoint not only locations of phones or keys, but persons with dementia. Disruptions in the hearing technology market will persist. More than half of those aged 75+ have hearing loss. Though they can benefit from hearing aids , fewer than 30% have ever used them.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

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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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 3, 2024

Consider death of a spouse, divorce, illness, disability, loss of vision or hearing. category tags: computers, broadband, and social networking , smartphones , Television/Smart TV , wearables, smart watch This 2014 Challenging Innovators report has withstood the test of a decade.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

HEAR A VOICE: Listen and serve an appropriate response. HEAR BETTER WITH OTC HEARING AIDS: Sell directly to those in need. The FDA finally issued its approval in August 2022 for the sale of hearing aids over the counter, directly to consumers without an audiologist involved, offered through retailers like Walmart and online.

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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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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.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

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

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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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

DECEMBER 28, 2022

OTC (Over-the-Counter) Hearing Aids approved for sale direct to consumers. The hearing aid manufacturers, already consolidating down to five, kept their prices so high ($3500 per uninsured ear) until 2022, while lobbying the FDA (no doubt with nit-picking detail). Was this an opportunity to switch to a smart(er) phone? The high price?

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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. That price includes a hearing test, fitting, initial batteries and more.

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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

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. Another long-time PERS player sees a watch, makes a watch.

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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

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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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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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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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

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

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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JANUARY 1, 2019

Lots of negative tech energy in 2018, including healthcare data breaches , Facebook’s loss of trust , ditto with Google and its much discussed anti-competitive positioning in search. A few topics that stood out: We can hear voice tech with all devices and for all people – especially for seniors. But as the Voicebot.ai

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 13, 2019

Imagine systems that support personalized dental regimen based on mouth biology – and imagine notification to others that hygiene problems were beginning – before the loss of teeth. Hearing – improving assistance in all environments. Hearing – improving assistance in all environments.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 25, 2020

In 2014, the year Verizon stopped selling Sure Response, this blog coined the term 'Real Senior ' to mean those aged 75+, half women living alone, likely not working, having one or more chronic conditions, including the possibilities of hearing loss, vision issues.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 29, 2022

Smartphones, with their long lists of accessibility (for iPhone and Android ) features, are a must for anyone who leaves the house, has hearing loss, low vision, gets lost, searches for a pharmacy, needs an ambulance or doesn't believe that dumb Apple ad asserting that the watch does it all.

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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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Aging in Place Technology Watch

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. Learn more at Starkey. Oticon Kaizn. Learn more at Oticon. Learn more at Joinpapa.

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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. Learn more at Oticon.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

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. A hearing aid feature, Livio AI benefits from the anatomy and physiology of the human body. Learn more at Philips.

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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. Learn more at Oticon.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

And beyond age 80, most boomers will have some hearing loss. Self-testing websites, OTC hearing aids, amplifiers/hearables. category tags: baby boomers , Seniors , aging in place. Ironically, almost all boomers want to lose weight, but when asked, ironically, they want to do so without exercise. Fall prevention.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 31, 2018

Half of the aged 75+ population has a ‘disabling’ hearing loss – no doubt contributing to social isolation and poorer health , not to mention the 5+ million of the elderly living with Alzheimer’s and/or dementia. category tags: Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Aging , smart home , Voice First/AI technology.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 16, 2021

Hearing aids and music -- why is this so difficult to solve for the elderly? The pandemic isolated everyone, but it may have been even worse for the hearing-impaired. The replacement cost of the single hearing aid is $2195 bundled with audiologist assistance. Do experts and tech designers envision older adults?

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The hearing loss statistics are daunting. The number is sizable – 38 million Americans have some degree of hearing loss. But probably the most startling one is related to older adults – half of those age 75+ difficulty hearing. Of those age 70 and older with hearing loss, only 30% have hearing aids.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

JULY 29, 2018

The reason I did this is because we don't get to hear publically from this perspective. Security Safeguards Principle -- Personal data should be protected by reasonable security safeguards against such risks as loss or unauthorised access, destruction, use, modification or disclosure of data. Data-Tagging? Authentication?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 12, 2020

HeardThat "turns a smartphone into a hearing assistant, helping to tune out background noise to enable individuals with hearing loss to hear speech more clearly, allowing them to engage in conversations they would otherwise have trouble hearing." Learn more from Essence Group. Not yet available. Not in market yet.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

“For providers, this manifested as a loss of control. “First, when a technology glitch occurs during the visit and you can no longer hear or see the patient, or the patient can no longer hear or see you, it is frustrating for both the provider and the patient,” she said.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Hearables may destigmatize hearing aids – really? For those with significant hearing loss, will “translation and augmenting certain environmental sounds” help people with severe hearing loss for whom hearing aids are life-changing? Ride-sharing services and home-delivered food keep people aging at home?

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