The major goal of the interdisciplinary, five-year cluster of excellence “Hearing4all” is hearing for everyone. This goal is extremely important for our society, because 18 percent of the German population - including more than 50 percent of those over 65 - has hearing loss that requires treatment. By improving individualized hearing diagnostics and the corresponding provision of personal hearing aids, the scientists want to significantly improve the communication situation of those affected - be it at work, in traffic or at home. To this end, innovative processing concepts for hearing aids and hearing implants are being further developed, as is "assistive" technology for everyone - i.e. the "hearing aid" in every smartphone, television or car radio.

Further information about the Cluster of Excellence “Hearing4all” can be found on its website: www.hearing4all.de