you to AI hearing aids.
An audiologist in Stockton
is making home visits,
showing older residents how
to use the new technology.
And it's really changing lives.
Photojournalist Xavier
You already has the story.
I've had a very exciting life, very exciting,
for a little homemaker from Stockton, CA.
I also wrote the sesquicentennial show
that was done for the city of Stockton.
I also performed at Carnegie Ha.
I was having trouble hearing.
I didn't realize how much trouble I was
reading to children, and I wouldn't hear.
Their questions, I went to my hearing,
checked and they said,
Oh yeah, you, you know,
I definitely needed hearing aid.
I fell in love with Tony and Lizzie I.
I can't tell you how gracious they were When
we start somebody on their hearg
journey, because it's a process.
It should not be a one.
And done. There you go.
Thank you. See ya. It should be
a this is our practice.
This is who we are.
I hope you like us because we're going
to be seeing a lot of each othe.
We have the signia come across our desk,
and we started to read the
literature on the artificial
intelligence that they're emplo.
About five years ago.
They were able to.
The technology blossomed and the
able to get 360 degrees sound.
Field, which is huge because
that affects your balance.
It also is safety.
People behind you next to you,
near you.
You know, traffic. Your
hearing is centered in the templ
lobes along with your memory,
and so when that isn't getting stimulated,
it kind of recedes and shrinks.
It atrophies like any other mus.
I am not a tech person at all.
But I can use my phone to
adjust my hearing aid, so it is
easy if I can use it. Anybody
can use The AI is not traditional AI.
It's not taking any of
your personal information,
It's not taking your name,
anything that's can be connected to you.
It's just taking mathematical
understanding of an environment
and shooting it up to the cloud.
Then if you're in a situation
where you're struggling and your
situation matches something.
Else, or most likely many other
things that people have experie.
It will then put those sound
parameters as options for you
to experience to see if that's
something that will work for yo.
Whenever you hear
a beep, no matter how
softly, I want you to press the button.
We do a lot of work within our community.
In the past we started with reas
Palmas and we have a number of clients in.
Their facility that we still wil
visit on occasion, and we do wok
at the Stockton Community Cente.
We work at the Lodi, the Lowell Center.
We go and we test.
We offer all of our testing
and clean and checks
gratis, completely free.
I look forward to making a difference
in people's lives because what ,
what I spend like maybe 3
minutes doing here on a compute,
will affect them every single d,
inside and outside of whatever
it is they're doing. And
that's huge.
Many people my age think, well,
you know, they're at home alone anyway.
It doesn't make that much difference.
You deserve to be able to enjoy
every sound available to you.
If you are fifty, 60-70,
you can't live your life thinki,
I don't know how much time I have left.
I mean, that would be a
horrible way to exist.
And you're hearing
is a huge part of that.
And I want to mention we first t
Lizzie back in January because
$12,000 was drained from her business
Bank of America account because
of a fraudulent ZEL transaction.
We reached out to the bank about this
and are happy to report that tht
money was returned to the accout
and it helped Lizzie get back oe
road to do what she loves to do most.
And that's helped people in
the San Joaquin Valley.
So to learn more about her services and
these high tech hearing aids ha.
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