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Tech for Hearing Loss – trends, what’s new and interesting?

What is the prevalence of hearing loss today?  One-third of adults between 65 and 75 have age-related hearing loss. Further, 40-50% of adults aged 75 and older have age-related hearing loss, with 50% of those aged 85+. This is the result of changes in blood flow and the structures of the inner ear, changes to a nerve related to hearing, and changes to how the brain processes speech and sounds. Hearing loss is correctable – but many older adults avoid hearing aids or don’t wear them. Many with untreated hearing loss are at risk of developing dementia. Despite the fact that hearing aids can improve hearing and reverse the social isolation and cognitive decline that can result from hearing loss, most adults with hearing loss do not use hearing aids – or defer their use for as many as ten years following its onset.  Learn more.

Senior living tech attitudes are changing – but deployment is still a struggle

The more things change…Argentum published a new survey of senior living executives last month, querying execs about tech adoption, including thoughts about AI in senior living. The report (also sponsored by A Place for Mom) compared two sets of responses about tech from 2023 and 2024 – enabling a possible comparison. On the upbeat side, as of 2024, 76% of responders are optimistic about the role AI can play in their organizations. That question was probably not asked in 2023, so there was nothing to compare, but a number of them today are apparently experimenting with AI. They say that the uses are for staffing efficiency, care planning and improved resident interaction. Perhaps a number of them read a most 2024 report from this website, The Future of AI in Senior Living and Care and saw possibilities for improved documentation, staff education, and even the potential for predictive analytics.

2025 Categories of Technology for Older Adults – Why and What

Years ago, tech for older adults became a unique category – is it still?  Today most older adults want to use all consumer technology, aka AllTech.  Why?  Because their families and peers do so, for one, and second, (or maybe first), they do not consider themselves old.  A puzzle framework evolved over the years that can encompass ‘AllTech’ but adds supportive tech for those with specific limitations like hearing loss, as well as many other enabling technologies for vision limitations, fall prevention/detection, mobility and transportation needs. The categories of technology have been supercharged as the world of cameras, voice technology, motion sensors, and most recently the addition of machine learning and other AI tools that represent the next generation of utility for older adults. Today, these capabilities are all the more useful -- as life expectancy at 65 extends well into the 80’s for both men and women. (see Market Overview Technology for Aging 2025).

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