All About Innovations In Hearing Aids – Episode 76 – with Dr. Jodi Saski-Miraglia

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As technology moves forward, it continuously helps improve the tools that audiologists use to help their patients. Dr Jodi Sasaki-Miraglia has dedicated her career to focus on the technological side of hearing aids and find ways that technology can shape the future of hearing devices. She is the director of professional education manager at WIDEX USA, and has been working as an audiologist for almost 20 years. In this episode, Dr. Sasaki-Miraglia speaks with host Dr. Lilach Saperstein about the latest innovations in Hearing Aid Technology.  

This week on the All About Audiology podcast:   

• 3:40 – People with hearing challenges have greatly benefited from online meeting spaces (such as Zoom) and have also benefited from engaging in social media since one can seamlessly engage with others through connecting their hearing devices to such platforms. 

• 5:55 – The cost of hearing aids are often inclusive of the care and services of an audiologist or other licensed hearing care professional. They can help guide an individual through the hearing care process since there is not a one-size-fits-all process.

• 11:00 – With the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in hearing devices, such as Widex’s use of My Sound, one can focus on a specific location in which they want to tune into. AI can also allow hearing aids to be adjusted to a specific environment that a hearing aid user finds themselves in.  

• 14:30 – Hearing aids will become a part of your body. By the time a user gets up, they should be excited to put their ears on! 

• 22:30 – Individuals should not fit their own ears. You want to go to a licensed hearing care professional and make sure that your chosen device is going to fit seamlessly on your ear and that the device will not damage your hearing.

• 25:00 – Many licensed hearing care professionals carry multiple hearing aid brands at their clinic. If you need hearing aid devices, you should try a few on in order to find the right fit. Eventually, the devices may be on your ears every day and you’ll want the most comfortable fit.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Dr. Franklin Lin from John Hopkins

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