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“I hope to contribute to a deeper understanding of how the brain processes sounds along with other sensory inputs, and how we can use this knowledge to improve hearing devices. I believe we haven’t yet fully explored the holistic potential of hearing aids. “

“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.”

“I hope for a fusion of regenerative medicine and hearing aid tech. Imagine a combo treatment for hearing loss, where we use both a special drug and a top-notch hearing device. This aligns perfectly with the concept of Precision Medicine, which involves customizing treatments for individuals based on their genetic makeup and health information to obtain more effective and targeted therapies.”

“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.”

“In the long run, I hope to contribute to advancements in hearing care that make interventions more personalized and accessible. My aim is to bridge the gap between cognitive science and practical applications in hearing technology.”

“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.”

“More diversity amongst leading scientists, and scientific studies designed to address the needs of diverse populations.”

“A development that will prevent, or at least slow down, hair cell degeneration (presbycusis being the most common type of hearing loss) so that many more people can enjoy social life for longer.”

“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 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.”

“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.”

“The perhaps biggest pleasure I have in my job is to solve challenging problems together with talented, enthusiastic colleagues. And seeing that the result of all our work – the final sound processing algorithms – brings immense satisfaction, especially knowing that it significantly improves the experience for end users.”

“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.”

“One fascinating aspect of hearing science – especially when it comes to communication – is that you are both looking at universal mechanisms of human cognition and how these are shaped by individual traits, preferences, and habits. Finding this balance between the general and the individual is really interesting to me.”

“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 science will become more integrative, with greater collaboration across disciplines around the world, to create technologies that truly enhance human well-being.”

“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 to be able to come up with solutions that make a difference to people, and that my research output can inspire other researchers to come up with new ideas.”

“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.”

“My goal is to advance AI’s role in hearing care by building reliable, fair, and explainable deep learning models. The field has great potential for improvement, and I hope to contribute to inclusive, unbiased, and highly effective solutions.”

“I hope to see the emergence of advanced technologies that seamlessly integrate with human needs, enhancing and supporting the users.”

“I hope to contribute to a better understanding of how neural network-based algorithms work, e.g., for speech enhancement. My goal is to provide a deeper understanding of such machine learning-based algorithms, to show their capabilities as well as their limitations, so that we can harness the power of machine learning more efficiently.”

“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.”

“I am driven by the pursuit of questions and the process of simplifying their answers”.

“Like our predecessors we stand on the shoulders of scientist of the past. I hope to see even closer collaboration between scientific fields to create even more synergistic progress to the benefit of everyday lives of both rich and poor.”