Shouldn’t hearing well be part of being well?
It is time to start talking about what hearing rehabilitation can truly mean for an individual.
Charlotte Vercammen
Charlotte is a clinically trained speech-language pathologist and audiologist, who obtained a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Leuven (Belgium). She joined Sonova in 2018, where she is active as a Research Scientist and Expert in Fitting Innovation. Her main research interests are in the fields of age-related hearing loss, holistic hearing care, hearing screening, and applications of big data for hearing care. She is also Honorary Lecturer at Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness (ManCAD), The University of Manchester.
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