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title: "Falls, Balance Training, and Your Business"
description: "ADA offers programming and support to audiologists and students who are or who desire to be autonomous practitioners in the field of Audiology."
url: "https://www.audiologist.org/resources/educate/audacity-archive/item/falls-balance-training-and-your-business"
date: "2026-06-26T21:37:07+00:00"
language: "en-GB"
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#  Falls, Balance Training, and Your Business

**Presentation Date:** 18 October 2020

**Duration:** 0:49:26

**Return to:** [AuDacity Archive](https://www.audiologist.org/audacity-archive)

Accidental falls pose a significant health risk to older adults, often leading to a loss of independence, and can abruptly alter the course of one’s later years. About 40% of individuals who live at home after reaching the age of 65 will fall at least once each year. The risk of falling is even greater among those with hearing loss. Fortunately, breakthroughs in embedded sensors and artificial intelligence have enabled the development of healthable hearing aids. These new devices offer the ability to guide patients through balance training exercises, automatically detect falls and alert others. In addition to empowering audiologists to support their patients’ desire to live life to its fullest, these industry-leading features can help strengthen relationships in the community.

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**Speaker:** Justin Burwinkel, Au.D.

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