3D Tune-In: 3D-Games for TUNing and lEarnINg About Hearing Aids

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 644051 Hearing loss and deafness can lead to barriers to inclusion and feelings of isolation, and can result in a more than doubled risk of depression in older people. People with mild hearing loss also have nearly double the chance of developing dementia and this risk increases significantly for those with moderate and severe hearing loss. An impaired communication can easily result in exclusion and marginalization. In particular, hearing loss in children is under­identified and under­served with direct consequences on speech and language development, communication and learning. The main idea of 3D Tune­In is to link the traditional gaming industry with the fast­growing game­based learning market and hearing device market, by applying scientific methodologies and technologies towards a new set of non­leisure applications which have real benefits for European citizens.