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This project is exploring new ways to integrate hearing aids into an interconnected wireless ecosystem. A programming framework and toolkit are being created to simplify the development of apps that integrate hearing aids with Internet of Things devices and cloud-based services. The cloud has virtually unlimited processing power and will allow novel signal processing techniques that a hearing device would never be able to run. Consumers may experience significantly improved hearing in challenging listening situations through these apps.