Edwin L. Aguirre
In the U.S., about 34 million people suffer from varying degrees of hearing loss, and about 10 million of them have to use hearing aids, according to Ketan Muni â87.Â
âHearing loss is more common as we age, and it is accelerated by exposure to excessively loud sounds,â says Muni, senior director of research and development at Earlens Corporation, a privately held medical technology company based in Menlo Park, California.
He and his son, Ronak Muni â19, who works for Earlens as R&D engineer and strategic marketing specialist, are part of the team that developed an innovative hearing device, which was recently recognized by Time magazine as one of the âBest Inventions of 2020.â