Hearing: Older Adult Perspectives
The Impact Theme series: Longevity Explorers Discuss.
Almost all our Longevity Explorers know someone with hearing problems, and for many of them, they are that person! In the Longevity Explorer discussions below, our community of older adults discuss various products and unsolved problems they have relating to this topic.
Topic Hub
Hearing
As we grow older, hearing often deteriorates. If left unaddressed, hearing issues can make it harder to interact with others, and can lead to social isolation and even to depression. Luckily, there are various tools and assistive devices that can help compensate for imperfect hearing, including hearables, amplifiers, hearing aids, hearing apps, and a variety of more or less complex hearing devices. We are exploring them, and collecting what we learn on this Topic Hub.
About the Impact Theme Series
Our Longevity Explorers (hundreds of older adults with ages ranging from 60-95 years old) meet regularly to discuss topics at the intersection of aging and technology.
Among the many topics we discuss in these meetings, we have been exploring some specific themes which we think are going to be very important for older adults in the future, and which in our opinion are ripe for innovation. These make up our Impact Themes, and Hearing is one of these themes.
In these discussions:
- We share how we do things today;
- We explore and critique existing products;
- We talk about challenges we have that we wish products could solve; and
- We dream up product concepts we wish someone like you would develop.
If you are developing products or services for older adults in the category of Hearing, listen to the Longevity Explorer discussions on this page to get insights about how to develop better products and services for older adults.
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