Is it really a trivial matter for the "back" of the elderly?

September 25th is the 65th International Deaf Day. This year's theme is "enjoying science and technology dividends and galloping beautiful life." With the acceleration of aging, the problem of "hearing impairment" of the elderly group has attracted more and more attention. According to the World Health Organization data, about one -third of the world's 65 -year -olds have moderate or above hearing losses. "China Listening Health Report (2021)" shows that the size of the auditory disorder in my country exceeds 25 million people, and it has shown a further upward trend.

Listening loss will bring a series of consequences. The most direct thing is to affect the effective communication between the elderly and the outside world, and restrict the integration of the elderly into the surrounding world. After some elderly people have hearing impairment, they are worried about bringing trouble to others, becoming more and less likely, and gradually alienated with their loved ones and friends. Therefore, they feel lonely, helpless and anxious, and may even suffer from depression. Not only that, but also research shows that hearing loss is closely related to dementia. The deeper the degree of hearing loss, the higher the possibility of suffering from dementia.

The hearing impairment is the self -confidence and dignity of the elderly, the happy life of the elderly, and also a heavy burden on the family and society. However, compared with oral health, vision disorders, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, etc., the attention of hearing impairment is obviously much less. Many people seem to accept the reality of "the elderly are prone to ears". Generally, they do not regard "unsatisfactory" and "unclear" as a disease, and believe that this is a natural and not needed to take it seriously.

Although aging is a natural law, an old age that can listen to laughter is obviously happier. The old man's hearing obstacles must not be allowed to leave or give up treatment. Early discovery and early intervention are the right way.

A cognitive misunderstanding that we must correct, that is, considering that elderly hearing impairment is a natural thing. In fact, the elderly hearing obstacles not only need to be taken seriously and in time, but also the attention of family members and society. How to awaken the society's attention to the problem of hearing impairment of the elderly, improve the science of hearing health, and timely intervention measures to help people with hearing impaired people better integrate into society, especially digital society. It is an issue that must be carefully examined in the background of aging society.

As we all know, the most common method of intervention for the elderly in hearing impairment is to wear hearing aids and implanting cochlear implants. However, the current domestic hearing aid is relatively low, which is not only related to insufficient attention to hearing impairment, but also related to the cost -effective hearing aid. The quality of international head brands is good but expensive. Although some domestic brands are more affordable, they have poor performance and poor wear experience.

The hearing aid is just a microcosm, which reflects the current general attention of hearing impairment issues. To some extent, from basic theory to talent accumulation to the industrial chain cluster, they also need to "make up lessons." Because of this, to solve the aging problem including hearing impairment, the common efforts of the whole society are required.

In recent years, in terms of hearing aids, we have seen the positive changes brought about by industrial technology and public welfare actions. For example, the "Teana Action" plan initiated by Tencent solves social problems such as hearing impairment and hearing loss through the Tencent Conference with free opening of the Tencent Conference. This year, they released the core algorithm solution of the hearing aids of the hearing aids and jointly launched the hearing aid manufacturer to launch the Teana Inside hearing aid.

Thanks to the blessing of Tianyan's self -developed AI algorithm, this hearing aid has increased the clarity and understanding of the complex scenarios by 85%, so that the thousand -yuan domestic hearing aid can also be comparable to the performance of the 10,000 yuan import hearing aid, so that let The elderly have a affordable and good hearing aid product.

Charity is an important cutter to solve social problems, while technology is a powerful tool for improving efficiency. By opening up Tianlai AI technology, public welfare science, public welfare assistance, etc., the "Teana Plan" shows a unique advantage in helping the hearing impairment people to better integrate into the digital society ...

Taking "public welfare assistance" as an example, in April this year, Tencent promoted the "government -enterprise and the people" multi -party linkage. With the support of the Shaoguan civil affairs department, it carried out related work such as hearing impairment, rehabilitation knowledge, and hearing screening. His hearing impaired elderly provides free hearing aid devices with Bian Ri AI technology.

In the face of some social issues, what is technology? How does technology look good? How does technology and public welfare reaction to help the resolution of social problems? "Teana Action" is undoubtedly a successful innovation and a good demonstration. This "technology+public welfare" model not only allows more people with hearing impaired people to share technology development dividends, but also a vivid practice of the concept of "technology to good".

"Teana Action" is like a beam of light, which illuminates the sound world that has been closed for the elder hearing impaired group. Not only that, it also explored the new model of science and technology public welfare and brought new hope. When industrial technology enters the public welfare scenario, science and technology will release greater value to solve social problems and better serve people.

Caring for elderly hearing impaired groups requires the joint force of social subjects such as government, enterprises, professional institutions, and public welfare organizations. In terms of improving the quality of public services, improving social protection and rescue mechanisms, and encouraging enterprises to engage in charity and charity medical care, the government has a lot of work to do. And social forces should also pay more attention to the hearing -impaired group, support the construction of the hearing -free environment with actual actions, and increase the application of new technologies on the elderly hearing aid to better meet the needs of the elderly, thereby enhancing the happiness of the elderly Let them enjoy happiness in their old age.

Source: "Xinhua Daily Telecom" WeChat account

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