A new, large collaborative project between the University of Southern Denmark, Aalborg University, the Technical University of Denmark (Hearing Systems, DTU Health Tech) independent tech company DELTA, Danish hearing aid manufacturers Oticon, Widex-Sivantos audiology and GN Hearing and the university hospitals in Odense, Aalborg and Copenhagen will improve quality of hearing care so that people with hearing loss can benefit more from their hearing aids.
The project BEAR (Better Hearing Rehabilitation) has a budget of DKK 50 million (6.7 million Euros); of that, the industry is contributing DKK15 million while Innovation Fund Denmark is investing just under 29 millon DKK in the project.
Several Hearing Systems Researchers are involved in this project:
Jens Bo Nielsen (Senior Researcher) and Oscar Cañete (postdoc).