This blurring of the lines between audio and health devices looks set to be a trend across the industry. “We really want to make sure that we take care of our customers’ hearing,” says Miikka Tikander, the Helsinki-based head of audio at Bang & Olufsen. Tikander points to data-offer-url=”https://baaudiology.org/over-half-of-gen-z-have-experienced-hearing-problems-from-exposure-to-loud-music/” class=”external-link” data-event-click=”{"element":"ExternalLink","outgoingURL":"https://baaudiology.org/over-half-of-gen-z-have-experienced-hearing-problems-from-exposure-to-loud-music/"}” href=”https://baaudiology.org/over-half-of-gen-z-have-experienced-hearing-problems-from-exposure-to-loud-music/” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank”>recent data about the decline in hearing health in young adults and reports that there was a lot of emphasis from manufacturers on ANC and hearing health at the data-offer-url=”https://aes2.org/contributions/2025-aes-international-conference-on-headphone-technology/” class=”external-link” data-event-click=”{"element":"ExternalLink","outgoingURL":"https://aes2.org/contributions/2025-aes-international-conference-on-headphone-technology/"}” href=”https://aes2.org/contributions/2025-aes-international-conference-on-headphone-technology/” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank”>AES’ Headphone Technology conference in Espoo, Finland this…
