Around 17 million people in Germany suffer from impaired
hearing. For many of them, their hearing is so damaged that a standard hearing
aid is no longer enough. A new device will improve patients’ hearing and can be
implanted during outpatient surgery.
“Sorry? I didn’t catch that. Can you speak up please?”
People who are hard of hearing can quickly drift into social isolation. Worse,
they can also get into dangerous situations, for example when driving or
crossing the road. Hearing aids are then a must for the almost one in every two
people over the age of 65 in Europe whose hearing is poor.