Approximately one third of senior citizens between 65 and 74 years of age have hearing problems. Beyond the age of 85, more than half have a hearing loss. Hearing loss affects the lives of our seniors in many ways: they gradually miss out on discussions with friends and family. On the telephone, communication becomes difficult and soon impossible... This causes progressive isolation, which is terribly frustrating for both the person concerned and his or her family.

A computer or a tablet to break the isolation.

Faced with this situation, Babili's team has developed a system to maintain contact between the family and elderly people with hearing loss. Of course, our elderly people who are comfortable with modern means of communication already use the internet to communicate with their family. The most serious problems concern "disconnected" elderly people who are unable to use a computer and whose hearing no longer allows them to use the telephone.

We propose a simple solution based on the simultaneous use of the telephone and a computer (or tablet) connected to the Internet. The person with hearing loss will be able to read on the tablet placed near the handset the text typed by the other person, and simultaneously answer the phone and talk to them at the same time. Try the system by clicking on the button below.