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“I hope for a good communication and collaboration between scientists and policymakers. I think that only in this way scientific discoveries, e.g., in the field of medicine and health research, will be able to benefit large populations. I also hope that scientific advice will be heard and respected when it comes to handling the global challenges related to climate change.”

“I hope for the development of preventive and regenerative treatments for hearing loss.”

“On a bigger scale, I hope technology will eventually allow all people to listen and communicate with much less effort. We focus on people with hearing loss, but also for instance people suffering from a concussion or from concentration difficulties could benefit from such technology.”

“On the big picture side, I hope for some game-changing sustainable technologies. We need to shift the focus towards solutions that are kind to the planted – tackling climate change head-on and cutting down our environmental footprint.”

“I hope the house is vibrant and that we have many ongoing projects that can make a difference for people with hearing loss. I also hope we grow our sphere of influence within audiology. I will again take part in a research project where we hope to learn much more about the users and how they use our products.”

“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 hope we find a cure against cancer.”

“I really hope that the credibility of science is maintained. Lately, we have experience an increase in anti-science movements, for example during the COVID-19 pandemic where a variety of conspiracy theories emerged. I do hope we will see less of such politicization of science in future.”

“I hope to see a future where there is a convergence of biological science and engineering in hearing health. I hope that combination therapies between regenerative approaches and hearing aid treatment can help to mitigate the weaknesses of either alone.”

“Much of my work relies on our understanding of the human senses. I fear that we will never fully understand these processes just as we will probably never fully understand how the human brain works, but my hope for the future is that we will be able to create seamless sense augmentation. That means replacing a sense completely with technology – that accounts for all senses, not only hearing. It is far into the future, but that would really have a great impact on many people’s lives.”

“I hope there will be a scientific breakthrough to significantly help us counteract climate change.”

“I hope it will be possible to further improve the quality of life for people with hearing impairment, for instance by making hearing aids work even more based on individual user needs and intent.”

“I think I look at this from a very global perspective. I hope science can provide a better quality of life for all of us. I just hope that we can control it, with all this talk about artificial intelligence and machine learning. And I hope we can reach our goals in a way that is ethical and sustainable. I do not subscribe to an idea of a singular science, such as self-driving cars saving the world. It will have to be a mix of many different efforts in different industries.”

“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 hope that existing inequalities and biases in science will be further reduced in the future. This includes more open access to knowledge and a fair representation of everyone in the data we base our interpretation of the world on.”

“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!”

“I hope that more attention will be given to application of the best scientific contributions.”

“I hope that future science will lead us to understand how personalized audiology depends on the situations, the intent, and the individual capabilities, so that we can create hearing aids that truly adapt to the individual.”

“I hope we will begin to see scientific breakthroughs that can provide solutions to the climate situation, solutions which at the same time hold the potential to become commercially attractive to the industry. I believe that is a prerequisite for them to reach realization to an extent where they can make the global impact we need.”

“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 the general perception of the human body changes from focusing on and repairing individual functionalities, to a more holistic understanding of how everything is tied together. I also hope that we continue to focus on developing green and sustainable solutions, store energy effectively, produce enough food for everyone without exhausting and destroying nature, that we can reuse all the plastic in the seas for new purposes, and that we will be able to develop medicine for everyone to live a better life and maintain their quality of life for as long as possible. I could probably go on… ”

“It would be fantastic if we could develop hearing solutions that people would want to acquire at a much sooner point of time than they do with hearing aids today. That would make it much easier for people to get used to wearing them.”

“My work is to ease communication for people with hearing loss. I hope we can understand the main reasons why communication can be more challenging for this group of people and then be able to implement new techniques in hearing aids to overcome these sources of difficulty. This will enable people with hearing impairment to become more active in society and enjoy their life.”