NeuroSensEar – Neuromorphic acoustic sensor technology for high-performance hearing aids of tomorrow

More than 11% of people in the EU are affected by hearing loss, but only 41% of them use hearing aids due to ongoing problems with speech understanding and device fitting. The NeuroSensEar project aims to improve the acceptance of and provision of hearing aids by significantly increasing their performance and greatly facilitating and automating their adaptation to the patient and different listening situations. This will, in the long term, contribute to reducing economic costs and the serious social consequences, in the interest of sustainable and efficient healthcare.

The project partners include Technische Universität Ilmenau, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Universität Ulm, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, as well as the Chair and Institute for Communications Engineering (IENT) at RWTH Aachen. In addition to the university consortium, the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology (IDMT) and the IMMS Institut für Mikroelektronik- und Mechatronik-Systeme gemeinnützige GmbH are also involved in the project. Further information: NeuroSensEar | Technische Universität Ilmenau.

The NeuroSensEar project is funded by the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung under the funding line “CZS Durchbrüche: Life Science Technologies - Sensorik” with up to 4.99 million euros. The funding period runs from October 2023 to September 2028.