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Brandon Sawalich

πŸ‘€ Speaker
446 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
275. Brandon Sawalich: On The Science of Hearing Loss, Dementia Prevention & AI Hearing Technology

And you start forgetting sounds.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
275. Brandon Sawalich: On The Science of Hearing Loss, Dementia Prevention & AI Hearing Technology

Right, that's the one thing people don't recognize is once you lose it, you're not getting it back.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
275. Brandon Sawalich: On The Science of Hearing Loss, Dementia Prevention & AI Hearing Technology

And it could continue, obviously, to get worse, whether it's genetic or more noise-induced.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
275. Brandon Sawalich: On The Science of Hearing Loss, Dementia Prevention & AI Hearing Technology

But you have one in six teenagers right now have hearing loss.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
275. Brandon Sawalich: On The Science of Hearing Loss, Dementia Prevention & AI Hearing Technology

Really?

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
275. Brandon Sawalich: On The Science of Hearing Loss, Dementia Prevention & AI Hearing Technology

It's a quiet pandemic.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
275. Brandon Sawalich: On The Science of Hearing Loss, Dementia Prevention & AI Hearing Technology

No pun intended.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
275. Brandon Sawalich: On The Science of Hearing Loss, Dementia Prevention & AI Hearing Technology

One in six teenagers, because they're blown out there, whether it's headphones and just loud music.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
275. Brandon Sawalich: On The Science of Hearing Loss, Dementia Prevention & AI Hearing Technology

Well, you know, you could obviously you're going to go see an audiologist or a hearing health care professional that could do the test, look inside the air, make sure it's healthy, functional.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
275. Brandon Sawalich: On The Science of Hearing Loss, Dementia Prevention & AI Hearing Technology

You know, sometimes air wax is the problem or gets in the way.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
275. Brandon Sawalich: On The Science of Hearing Loss, Dementia Prevention & AI Hearing Technology

It's rare, but it does happen.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
275. Brandon Sawalich: On The Science of Hearing Loss, Dementia Prevention & AI Hearing Technology

And then, you know, they talk about the solutions to treat the hearing loss.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
275. Brandon Sawalich: On The Science of Hearing Loss, Dementia Prevention & AI Hearing Technology

And it's the two words that always gets everybody because of the stigma associated with it.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
275. Brandon Sawalich: On The Science of Hearing Loss, Dementia Prevention & AI Hearing Technology

And that's, you know, the hearing aid.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
275. Brandon Sawalich: On The Science of Hearing Loss, Dementia Prevention & AI Hearing Technology

You know, this.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
275. Brandon Sawalich: On The Science of Hearing Loss, Dementia Prevention & AI Hearing Technology

And it's not what it was.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
275. Brandon Sawalich: On The Science of Hearing Loss, Dementia Prevention & AI Hearing Technology

It wasn't your grandfather's hearing aid.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
275. Brandon Sawalich: On The Science of Hearing Loss, Dementia Prevention & AI Hearing Technology

It's like the size of a coffee bean what's going in your ear.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
275. Brandon Sawalich: On The Science of Hearing Loss, Dementia Prevention & AI Hearing Technology

There's 310 components in here.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
275. Brandon Sawalich: On The Science of Hearing Loss, Dementia Prevention & AI Hearing Technology

that has to work all at once and withstand with sweat, hairspray, you name it.