B O O S T
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Change the fashion in which BTE (Behind the Ear) hearing aids are presented and used to cater to the needs of users 18 - 30 years old with moderate to severe hearing loss.
During these years, hearing impaired individuals are developing their professional stages in their lives by learning extensive material in college, networking, socializing, and taking up interviews for new opportunities
SPEECH DIFFICULTIEs
Individuals with severe hearing loss often mispronounce words because they can’t hear many vowels or consonants enough to recognize words.
Even with hearing aids, hearing impaired individuals can hear vowels better than consonants since vowels are low pitched.
“It’s hard for me to sound the letter ‘s’. If I try to say ‘sun’ it will come out ‘un’ or ‘tun’ ”
- Jake, 27
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SOLUTION
connect, engage, & improve
Control hearing aid settings and track speech progress directly from the Boost App
