HLAA National Meeting: Artificial Intelligence in Hearing Loss

Healthcare/Medical Webinars

An older man hearing a hearing aid looking at his phone

This engaging program explored key insights from the HLAA 2026 Research Symposium: The AI Revolution in Hearing Health – Smarter Tech, Greater Access.* Learn how AI is being used in hearing technology, what concerns people have, and its promise for the future, in a discussion and Q&A led by HLAA Professional Adviser Jan Blustein, M.D., Ph.D.

Hosted by Holly Cohen, Shari Eberts, and Roxana Rotundo, co-executive producers of the award-winning documentary “We Hear You,” the program also invited participants to reflect and share: “What has been the silver lining in your hearing loss journey?”

* The HLAA Research Symposium is supported, in part, by a grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health (Award Number R13DC017913). Watch the 2026 Symposium here.

Speaker:

Jan Blustein, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Blustein is a research professor of medicine and population health at New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine. Her research on hearing loss spans a range of topics, including the way we communicate about disability, and the influence of hearing loss on patient-physician communication. She is a professional adviser for HLAA and past member of the Board of Directors.