Distinguished talk by Dr. Achin Bhowmik, adjunct professor, Stanford School of Medicine
Transforming Hearing Aids into Multifunctional Communication and Health Devices with Artificial Intelligence
Over 1.5 billion people are suffering from hearing impairments according to the World Health Organization. For all of them, hearing aids are crucially important medical wearable devices. Untreated hearing loss has been linked to increased risks of social isolation, depression, dementia, fall injuries, and other health issues. However, only a small fraction of people who need help with hearing have actually adopted the devices. This is partly due to the historical stigma associated with assistive devices and functional limitations.
In this talk, the speaker will present a new class of multifunctional hearing and health devices with embedded sensors and artificial intelligence. With an extremely energy-efficient embedded deep neural network accelerator, these devices continuously classify sound with advanced machine learning algorithms. They enhance speech and reduce noise, serve as a continuous monitor for physical and cognitive activities. They help with automatic fall detection and serve as an alert system, as well as a personal assistant with connectivity to the cloud. Furthermore, these devices stream audio from phones and other devices with a two-day battery life, translate languages, transcribe speech, and remind the wearer of medication and other tasks.
Rapid advances in sensors and artificial intelligence are bringing an array of new devices, applications, and user benefits to the world. The speaker will discuss how these technologies are transforming traditional hearing aids into smart multipurpose devices, helping people not only hear better but live better lives.
Speaker:
Dr. Achin Bhowmik is the Chief Technology Officer at Starkey Hearing, where he is leading the drive to transform hearing aids into multifunctional communication and health devices.
He serves as an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, where he advises research and lectures in the areas of computational perception and sensory augmentation. He is also an affiliate faculty member of the Stanford Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute and the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.
Dr. Bhowmik is a member of the Forbes Technology Council, board of trustees for the National Captioning Institute, board of directors for Mojo Vision and OpenCV, board of advisors for the Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership at the University of California, Berkeley, and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Minnesota.
His awards and honors include Fellow of the IEEE, Gold Globee award for “Most Innovative Person of the Year in Healthcare”, Top Healthcare Technology CTOs by the Healthcare Technology Report, and TIME’s Best Inventions.
Transforming Hearing Aids into Multifunctional Communication and Health Devices with Artificial Intelligence
Over 1.5 billion people are suffering from hearing impairments according to the World Health Organization. For all of them, hearing aids are crucially important medical wearable devices. Untreated hearing loss has been linked to increased risks of social isolation, depression, dementia, fall injuries, and other health issues. However, only a small fraction of people who need help with hearing have actually adopted the devices. This is partly due to the historical stigma associated with assistive devices and functional limitations.
In this talk, the speaker will present a new class of multifunctional hearing and health devices with embedded sensors and artificial intelligence. With an extremely energy-efficient embedded deep neural network accelerator, these devices continuously classify sound with advanced machine learning algorithms. They enhance speech and reduce noise, serve as a continuous monitor for physical and cognitive activities. They help with automatic fall detection and serve as an alert system, as well as a personal assistant with connectivity to the cloud. Furthermore, these devices stream audio from phones and other devices with a two-day battery life, translate languages, transcribe speech, and remind the wearer of medication and other tasks.
Rapid advances in sensors and artificial intelligence are bringing an array of new devices, applications, and user benefits to the world. The speaker will discuss how these technologies are transforming traditional hearing aids into smart multipurpose devices, helping people not only hear better but live better lives.
Speaker:
Dr. Achin Bhowmik is the Chief Technology Officer at Starkey Hearing, where he is leading the drive to transform hearing aids into multifunctional communication and health devices.
He serves as an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, where he advises research and lectures in the areas of computational perception and sensory augmentation. He is also an affiliate faculty member of the Stanford Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute and the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.
Dr. Bhowmik is a member of the Forbes Technology Council, board of trustees for the National Captioning Institute, board of directors for Mojo Vision and OpenCV, board of advisors for the Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership at the University of California, Berkeley, and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Minnesota.
His awards and honors include Fellow of the IEEE, Gold Globee award for “Most Innovative Person of the Year in Healthcare”, Top Healthcare Technology CTOs by the Healthcare Technology Report, and TIME’s Best Inventions.
