Author: Stefani Kim

Listen Technologies to Attend InfoComm 2022

Listen Technologies Corporation, a provider of advanced wireless listening solutions for 23 years, announced that it will showcase its full suite of listening solutions at InfoComm 2022 in Las Vegas on June 4-10, including the newest additions and updates to its Listen EVERYWHERE and ListenTALK product lines.

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Starkey Evolv AI Wins 2022 iF Design Award

Starkey’s announced that the Evolv AI was named a 2022 iF Design Award finalist in the Medical/Health category. This international competition recognizes “excellence in design, and is a badge of quality for consumers and the design community alike.”  

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Soundly Launches Online Platform

Soundly, a hearing health marketplace, announced the launch of an online platform to “modernize the way consumers purchase hearing aids.” The platform is designed to help consumers find products, compare prices, and gain access to a consumer-friendly online database of audiologists.

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Ohio Launches Communication Card for Deaf Community

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced that the Ohio Department of Public Safety’s Traffic Safety Office (OTSO), Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD), and statewide law enforcement partners have developed a new communication card to help individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing exchange information with law enforcement.

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Usability of Bimodal Neuromodulation to Treat Tinnitus

It is reported that 10-15% of the global adult population suffers from tinnitus 1-4, the chronic phantom auditory percept that has been attributed to abnormal firing patterns in the brain.4 According to the American Tinnitus Association (ATA), 45 million Americans reported experiencing tinnitus in the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey.

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Oticon Receives 2022 Angel Award

Oticon, Inc announced that that it received a 2022 Angel Award from the Be An Angel Fund, Inc, a Houston-based charity dedicated to improving the quality of life for children with multiple disabilities or profound deafness by providing adaptive equipment and select services.

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“Go Higher with Signia Aspire” Event Took Place May 14-15

Signia announced that it held its “Go Higher with Signia Aspire” 2022 event from May 14-15 in Dallas, Texas. Designed to be unique and energizing, Signia said the event offered HCP attendees the opportunity to earn up to seven hours of CEUs through the widespread course offerings, while participating in fun, one-of-a-kind experiences.

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Researchers Identify New Genes Linked with Hearing Loss

The findings, published in the “American Journal of Human Genetics,” cast doubt on the understanding that age-related hearing impairment originates mainly from sensory hair cells and propose the stria vascularis, a part of the cochlea in the ear, as a new target for treatments to help people with hearing loss.

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