How does a hearing aid actually work? Franz Treue, Principal Chipset Engineer at Demant, introduces us to the secrets of chipset development. We talk about AI, new generations of hearing aids, and contemporaneous translations.  Hosted and produced by Carolin Nielsen & Victoria Granly Kok for Demant. Visit Demant's career universe here.

Søren Nielsen has been with the company since 1995. Find out about his career journey, and where Søren thinks the hearing aid industry is heading. We will also get to know Søren as a private person – is he more up for summer or winter, is he an early bird or a night owl? Listen in! Hosted and produced by Carolin Nielsen & Victoria Granly Kok for Demant. Visit Demant's career universe here.

Sustainability is not just about climate. Listen in to our talk with Siri Teilmann-Ibsen, Demant’s Sustainability Director and find out, why taking care of people makes the world a better place.  Hosted and produced by Carolin Nielsen & Victoria Granly Kok for Demant. Visit Demant's career universe here.

Utopia or reality? If there is a connection between our listening effort and our heart rate, could this measurement then go into the hearing aid to automatically adjust to the user’s needs? Bethany Samra, International Trainer within Technology and Audiology, shares her current research with us.  Hosted and produced by Carolin Nielsen & Victoria Granly Kok for Demant. Visit Demant's career universe here.

Machine Learning is influencing the development of hearing instruments at a growing pace – and we are just in the beginning of the journey. Listen to Michael Syskind Pedersen, Senior Principal DSP Engineer to find out, how we use Artificial Intelligence to push the boundaries of technology.  Hosted and produced by Carolin Nielsen & Victoria Granly Kok for Demant. Visit Demant's career universe here.

Hearing aids are still seen as a stigma. Why is the stigma higher in Japan, Italy and France compared to Scandinavia? Will there be less stigma in the future with a new hearing generation? And why can hearables not just replace hearing aids? Listen to Bo Littau and Staffan Alexius from Product Management about user needs and insights. 

“We really get to know the whole big group of Demant”, says Muyi Amber Wang, one of the graduates in Demant’s Graduate Programme. Listen to her story and what the programme is all about. Amber talks not only about the professional life as a graduate and its benefits, but also about the social part and how much this means to her.

It is not a secret, that there are still barriers for women within Engineering. “We have to work extra hard to be heard as a female”, says Maja Thorning-Schmidt, a young Mechanical Engineer working for Demant. We asked her, how more girls and women might be interested to join this male dominated field. 

“We live and breathe for talent hunt.” Meet Demant’s Talent Acquisition Manager Mikal Thorborg, who shares his secrets on what recruiters look for, when hiring both young and senior professionals. Listen in to get the dos and don’ts when trying to land your first – or any job. If you have any questions for Mikal, please send him an email at: [email protected] To check out open positions at Demant - follow this link: https://www.demant.com/job-and-career/job-openings. 

Welcome to part two of our series with Claus Nielsen, the “historian” of Demant. Follow his entertaining stories about famous hearing aid users, from when the battery of a hearing aid still had the size of a pack of cigarettes. And how this exciting device developed until today. 

In this episode, we invited one of Demant’s Principal Researchers in the Centre of Applied Research Audiology, Elaine Hoi Ning Ng. Elaine will elaborate on how cognitive decline and dementia is related to hearing loss, and if treating a hearing loss can possibly slow down these processes. We will also hear about, how education, a good life-style and healthy hearing can maintain cognitive health.

Welcome to part one of a series with Claus Nielsen, the “historian” of Demant, who has been with the company for 35 years. In this episode Claus tells us about the very beginning of Demant and especially William Demant, the son of the founder. William was an inspiring person and a gambler but able to let Demant grow to an impressive size. 

In this episode, we talk to Cecilia Rodriguez Garcia  who came all the way from Mexico to Denmark to join Demant's Graduate programme. Today, Cecilia works as Integration Manager in our Software Department. We talk about Cecilia's journey from the Graduate programme to a permanent position, and the culture differences she faced when moving to Denmark. 

Meet Caroline Ekelund, a Specialist within Audiology and find out, how an ear works. Caroline tells us, why we suffer from hearing loss, as there can be surprisingly many reasons for that. We will have a special focus on, how our hair cells influence our hearing.” 

This episode is featuring Martin Jensen, who is doing studies on tinnitus. Martin has been living with tinnitus for more than a decade and talks about the emotional impact and what triggers it. We will dig deeper into his research on neuro feedback and how we can control our brain waves to possibly treat tinnitus. Listen in and find out!

In this episode, we talk to Senior Scientist Hamish Innes-Brown, who works at Eriksholm Research Centre, part of the Demant hearing aid company Oticon. Hamish introduces us to visual and auditory perception and how fatigue and tiredness can be measured in the brain. Surprisingly essential here is the color of blood and the size of our pupils.