Ethan Manuell, an 8th grade teen from Rochester, Minnesota figured out how to make hearing aid battery life improve by 2-3 days. If you wait 5 minutes after removing the sticker from the battery before placing it in the hearing aid, it will make the battery last 80% longer. If you want to read more about this discovery or watch an interview with Ethan click here.
Sarah Ivermee's son was Freddie born with hearing loss. Because he was feeling self conscious about his hearing aids, his mom decided to develop a product that would make his hearing aids much more fun to wear. She developed Lugs, which can decorate hearing aids with Ironman, Starwars, floral, and Angry Birds designs (just to name a few). They even have accessories for hearing aids from the movie Frozen! Now Freddie's hearing technology is so cool that even his younger brother without hearing loss wants to wear it. Orders for Lugs are rapidly increasing. If you want to learn more about Lugs click this link for an interesting article. |