The advances in artificial intelligence that are transforming many fields have yet to make an impact in hearing. Hearing healthcare continues to rely on a labour-intensive service model that fails to provide access to the majority of those in need, while hearing research suffers from a lack of computational tools with the capacity to match the complexities of auditory processing. This Perspective is a call for the artificial intelligence and hearing communities to come together to bring about a technological revolution in hearing. We describe opportunities for rapid clinical impact through the application of existing technologies and propose directions for the development of new technologies to create true artificial auditory systems. There is an urgent need to push hearing towards a future in which artificial intelligence provides critical support for the testing of hypotheses, the development of therapies and the effective delivery of care worldwide.

正在改变许多领域的人工智能的进步尚未对听力产生影响。听力保健继续依赖劳动密集型服务模式，无法为大多数有需要的人提供服务，而听力研究则因缺乏能够与听觉处理的复杂性相匹配的计算工具而受到影响。该观点呼吁人工智能和听力社区共同推动听力技术革命。我们描述了通过应用现有技术产生快速临床影响的机会，并提出开发新技术以创建真正的人工听觉系统的方向。