LoCHAid: An ultra-low-cost hearing aid for age-related hearing loss

Soham Sinha, Urvaksh D Irani, Vinaya Manchaiah and M Saad Bhamla

PLOS ONE, 2020, vol. 15, issue 9, 1-17

Abstract: Hearing aids are the primary tool in non-medical rehabilitation for individuals with hearing loss. While the costs of the electronic components have reduced substantially, the cost of a hearing aid has risen steadily to the point that it has become unaffordable for the majority of the population with Age-Related Hearing Loss (ARHL) especially for those residing in low- and middle-income countries. Here, we present an ultra-low-cost, affordable and accessible hearing aid device (‘LoCHAid’), specifically targeted towards treating ARHL in elderly patients. The LoCHAid components cost 98 cents (

Date: 2020
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