One of the first breakthrough applications of 3D printing,定制助听器模具，现在正在显示其在国际规模上解决听力损失的潜力。
Through a partnership with the Swiss全球听力志愿组织，3DP4ME希望为中东处于不利地位的人群提供3D印刷的助听器耳模。
3DP4ME的3D扫描和3D打印的组合使得每年可以制造1000秒的助听器模具。实现这一目标，并建立一个基础，以帮助全球更多的3DP4ME启动a fundraiser为$100,000 of seed funds需要使组织下台。
The money will go towardstechnology, equipment, and setting up the 3D printing lab for production.
3DP4ME，需要负担得起的助听器模具
助听器必须非常合适，以防止用户泄漏，反馈和不适。以传统方式制造合适的耳霉菌通常可以确保这一点，但是，在发展中国家，该过程缓慢且通常昂贵。
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), less than 3% of people who need a hearing aid are thought to have one.3 dp4me旨在解决这个问题通过提供12000年他aring aids to some 8000 people who need hearing aids in one or both ears.
设计助听器模具
3DP4ME的过程从客户耳朵的3D扫描开始。以前，该组织过去曾经使用物理模具然后进行扫描，但现在使用Lantos Technologies Brian Fligor博士开发的Aura 3D耳扫描系统。
The scanner collects over 100,000 data points, creating a 3D image of the unique geometry of the client’s ear all the way through to the eardrum. After 3D scanning the client’s ear, a digital file is produced and customized with the “Secret Ear Designer” software developed by Cyfex. This software allows greater customization, reduced costs, and increased processing speeds.
最后，使用SLA在Asiga Pro 2 3D打印机上印刷耳模。与只能在一天中只能产生几个耳模的传统方法相比，在大约一小时内每次打印作业中，3D打印可以产生20-35个耳模，每年1000秒的耳模。
Ambitions
While3D印刷耳模for hearing aids are nothing new, 3DP4ME’s charitable model is what singles it out from the rest.Currently, 3DP4ME is an entirely voluntary organization but plans to hire a talented staff and grow to scale.
比尔·艾伦, who joined 3DP4ME as COO in 2017,comments:
“The best part of this has been expanding my worldview and realizing that that poverty and being able to hear are common human problems, and I hope to provide some amount of support.”
The organization also plans to introduce SLS 3D printed prostheses to its portfolio of services, a function hopefully funded in part by the$ 10,000。如果有任何读者想要帮助，3DP4ME的筹款页面可以在此处找到.
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约旦的一个女孩为HLID提供了助听器。通过3DP4ME的照片。
