Dr. Konstantina Stankovic

The latest data are very promising.

However, what's still needed is large-scale controlled studies comparing traditional versus AI-enhanced hearing aids.

And indeed, that auditory

scene analysis in a cocktail party environment is a problem.

For example, directional hearing aids can address it to a point.

I mean, hearing aids that have directional microphones, if you know who you want to be listening to, because then you face them.

However, you may also want to be

hearing someone who's talking behind your back and you don't realize it until you hear the first sentence or two that they have said so if you have purely directional microphones you're not even aware that that's happening and that's why uh

hearing aids with directional microphones are loved by some and not by others.

So again, really all of this highlights that we are all a little different and it calls for personalized approaches that are tailored to a given individual's makeup and needs and preferences.

It is incredible.

And you actually bring two really interesting points.

One about sleep.

So what studies have shown is that the ideal sleeping environment is what bears do when they hibernate.

It's three things.

It has to be quiet, dark, and cold.

And that's perfect for sleeping for months.

But then when it comes to not hearing ourselves, actually some people do, and that's very disturbing.

And that can occur if there are basically two things.

One, it can be that they are missing a part of the bone that covers the bony bone.