New Innovations in Hearing Aids Make Staying Active Trouble-Free

Like many other devices, hearing aids are getting more intuitive every day. They’re also more inconspicuous and cooler than ever before. The U.S. census reports that the average American is older as the whole population gets older, and sadly, loss of hearing, especially in older people, is extremely common. About 37.5 million American adults and rising say they have some amount of hearing loss.

The good news is hearing technology has had some amazing breakthroughs recently that will offer more possibilities for treating loss of hearing. Here are just a few of the enhancements coming our way.

Hearing Aids That Track Your General Health

Hearing aids are equal to if not better than a fitness tracker at keeping track of several vital signs. Not only can it track the time between heartbeats to help detect potential cardiovascular concerns, but it also monitors calories burned, heart rate, step count, and the total number of steps taken. They’re also working on technology that can assess other key vital signs like blood pressure and oxygenation of the blood. There are other possible advantages that come with hearing aids, like the ability to help drown out tinnitus and will help your overall hearing so that your social life will improve also. Actually, social interaction has been connected to your general health as well, so really it’s another health statistic we should be looking at. With these new hearing aids, you won’t even need a fitness device or smartwatch because the hearing aids can sync to your smartphone so you can listen to your tunes.

Streaming Made More Intelligent And Simpler

Staying connected to your virtual assistants like Siri or Alexa is becoming more important as people get more attached to these features. Even if you defy the lure of talking directly to these assistants, hearing aids that have Bluetooth give key advantages such as streaming music directly from a smart device like your phone or maybe even streaming directly from your smart TV. Consider the benefits of this: You can avoid getting yelled at for having the Volume too loud while watching this year’s Big Game in a room full of loud friends. Being able to directly stream music, phone calls, shows and more right to your ears not only helps you hear and appreciate them more, but it will help you regulate your hearing loss discreetly.

Automatic Adjustments

Ever notice how Goodreads seems to know what kind of book you’d like to read? Or how Amazon somehow know which items to suggest? This is the power of artificial intelligence and big data. Modern hearing aids harness this type of intelligence and use it to make changes according to how you reacted in the past. It will remember that you turn down the volume when you go into the train station and do that automatically the next time it recognizes you’ve entered the station (or any other situation with a lot of background noise). They are also starting to network your hearing aids with other devices belonging to people near you in order to warn you of a possible loud noise danger nearby. Over time you can adjust quickly to variations in the hearing environment because your hearing aid will make recommendations based on all the information it has collected.

You Won’t Have to Keep Replacing Those Tiny Batteries

Who wants to constantly struggle with hearing aid batteries? Rechargeable hearing aids are currently available. Even though you can do a lot to help increase the life of your hearing aids’ batteries, let’s be honest…it’s still costly and irritating. Better yet, technology to recharge your hearing aids while they are still in your ears is being developed.