Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. The cost of traditional hearing aids, combined with good old fashioned denial and pride….are some of the reasons why millions of people who need hearing assistance don’t get it. A company called Audien, headed by young innovator Ishan Patel, is tackling some of those issues with smartly designed high quality over the counter devices that sell for as little as a hundred dollars…

“So I think a lot of people are looking for something that feels approachable and easy to use. So the in the ear models are definitely our most popular and highest selling right now. And for somebody who doesn’t want to either admit they have hearing loss or is just trying to dabble and get the help that they need, that’s a really great solution.”

There are higher end behind the ear models too, which have impressed us. There’s more at www.audienhearing.com.

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