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Hope Lanter challenges the stereotype that glasses signal intelligence while hearing aids carry stigma. She argues hearing aids improve engagement and quality of life, and calls 2025 the year to break down the shame around them.
Hope Lanter challenges the stereotype that glasses signal intelligence while hearing aids carry stigma. She argues hearing aids improve engagement and quality of life, and calls 2025 the year to break down the shame around them.
Do I look smarter? Probably because I was wearing glasses. Why is it that we believe that somebody looks smarter because they have on glasses? Well, there's a common stereotype that says somebody wearing glasses is much smarter or more intelligent than you. However, we don't get that same benefit of somebody wearing a hearing aid. However, we should be celebrating the fact that somebody is now able to hear, be more engaged with life and improved their quality of life. However, we're not there yet, but let's get there. This is the year for it. 2025 is the year that we can break down that stigma and make this something that everybody wants, because don't you look a lot smarter wearing a hearing aid?
