“I hope that the future will bring more convergence between engineering/technology fields with social sciences. I think we are biased to look towards technology for solutions to problems because it is more tangible than the messy complexity of human behaviour, relationships, and societies. But technology will only take us so far on its own!”
Loading...
“Great research within the hearing care field is going on all over the globe currently, and I really hope this work will be implemented in future hearing aids to further improve quality of life for people with hearing impairment. I expect to see even smarter hearing aids that will be able to interact more with the environment and the hearing aid user by knowing the intention of the user. A lot of exciting work will impact the future.”
“I think technology will become better at ‘reading people’s minds’. An example could be writing on your pc just by shaping the sentences in your mind. It is going to be exciting, there will come a lot of ethical dilemmas, but from a scientific point of view, I find the prospects exciting. For comparison, it is really interesting to see, how Ear-EEG (putting electrodes in and around the ear), which we have been working with for many years, is now popping up in tiny ear-pieces everywhere, for monitoring for example sleep patterns and stress level.”
“I hope that more attention will be given to application of the best scientific contributions.”
Loading...
“I hope hearing aids become even more intelligent in the way they adapt to sounds in the environment. Hearing aids that can work together with the human brain and the unconscious mind and thereby be automatically controlled by the intent of the hearing aid user.”
“I would like us to reach a deeper understanding of how hearing health influences all other aspects of life and of the potentiality of hearing-care interventions that may improve the lives of individuals in a holistic way.”