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At the 2013 AAA Conference, the Ida Institute introduced the three winning ideas that captured top honors in Ideas, Speak up - Action and Awareness for Hearing Loss, the worldwide open innovation competition for ideas with the potential to create public awareness of hearing loss.

At a well attended gala celebration, Ida Institute managing director Lise Lotte Bundesen and Niels Boserup, chairman of the Oticon Foundation, unveiled the three winners: Hearing Tone Test Card, a wallet-sized hearing checker; Look Who's Hearing, a public art initiative that fits famous sculptures with hearing aids; and The Three Monkeys: Eyes Checked. Teeth Checked. Hearing Checked, a clever mnemonic that promotes regular hearing checks.

"We recognize that to continue the good work of this project and to...

In July, the Ideas Competition asked participants to develop an idea that leverages technology to inspire people to take action and raise public awareness for hearing loss. A group from Denmark won the mini-competition with their idea: “Make it a Gadget." The group proposes reconceptualizing hearing aids as gadgets that are useful for everyone. This could change the public’s perception of hearing aids and possibly inspire more people to take action on their hearing.

We recently had the opportunity to sit down with three members of the winning group (from left to right: Miguel Kjaedegaard Carvalho, Nicolai Bentzen, and Charlotte Branth Claussen) to discuss their idea.

Inspiration for the idea stemmed from the group’s desire to radically change the public’s current perception of hearing...

The summer is here, and the ideas competition is rolling along with over 180 ideas and 700 people signed up. The competition, which runs until the end of September, asks people from around the world to create innovative ideas to raise awareness for hearing loss and inspire people to take action.

We have been extremely impressed with the amount of thought-provoking ideas in the competition. Just last weekend, the Ideas Competition conducted a innovation workshop at the Eriksholm Research Center Summer Camp in Denmark. Each summer, the Eriksholm Research Center invites audiology students from around the world to learn more about the latest innovations in hearing health care. During the four-day summer camp, participants camp outside in the fresh air and attend lectures and workshops led by...

Light bulbs flashed across Boston two weeks ago. The Ida Institute launched the Ideas competition with sparkle, speeches and good conversation at a well-attended open-house party at the 2012 AAA Conference. At the conference, we welcomed new members to our Ida community and saw many familiar faces at our exhibit.

Over 200 people attended the launch party to officially kick-off the Ideas competition. At the launch, Ida Institute managing director Lise Lotte Bundesen and Oticon Foundation Chairman Niels Boserup called for people around the world to create ideas to inspire action and raise awareness for hearing loss.

“The collaborative process will enable us to engage the collective intelligence of our network and the general public to build awareness of hearing loss and its impact,”...

The Oticon Foundation and the Ida Institute will launch a global initiative to find innovative ideas to inspire action and raise public awareness for hearing loss on 28 March 2012 at the AAA Conference in Boston.

The Ideas initiative is a global online competition to solicit world-changing ideas to raise awareness of hearing loss and encourage persons with hearing loss to take action and live life to the fullest. The initiative aims to put hearing loss on the public agenda, change perceptions of hearing loss, and inspire persons worldwide to take action regarding their hearing loss.

““We are pleased that the Oticon Foundation has again provided the support for an Ida Institute-driven initiative that will enable us to foster a greater awareness and understanding of hearing loss. Our...