Sonic Announces New Expressfit Pro Fitting Software
New EXPRESSfit® Pro is an easy-to-use, robust system with all the tools needed to fine-tune settings on the revolutionary Sonic SoundDNA platform.
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Author: Stefani Kim
Widex to Release Updated Version of Beyond App
Wearers can now update Widex’ popular BEYOND hearing aids directly from their smartphones via an intuitive app, Widex announced.
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Starkey Hearing Technologies to Sponsor Two Summer Music Festivals
Starkey Hearing Technologies, Eden Prairie, Minn, is proud to be the official Healthy Hearing Sponsor for both the 2017 Twin Cities Jazz Festival and Cities 97 Basilica Block Party, Starkey announced.
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UT Dallas Researchers Study Effectiveness of Sign Language in Deaf Children with Cochlear Implants
In a new, multisite study of deaf children with cochlear implants, University of Texas at Dallas researchers have found that children with either no exposure or limited exposure to sign language end up with better auditory, speaking, and reading skills later.
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ACI Alliance Announces Funding Opportunity for Hearing Loss Research
ACI Alliance is partnering with American Hearing Research Foundation (AHRF) to offer funding for a $25,000 research grant on the societal costs of deafness.
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Chinese Dancer Tianjiao Zhang to Appear at Sonova Events
Sonova, Stäfa, Switzerland—a manufacturer of global hearing care solutions—is inviting Chinese dancer Tianjiao Zhang to make appearances at Sonova’s annual general shareholders’ meeting in Zurich on June 13 and another at a charity event near Munich on June 16, Sonova announced.
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CBSET to Partner with CILcare on Preclinical Research Services for Evaluation of Hearing Disorders
CBSET Inc., a nonprofit research institute based in Lexington, Mass, that specializes in the advancement of novel therapies, announced that it has expanded its preclinical research service offerings through a partnership with CILcare Inc., a contract resource organization (CRO) specializing in drug development targeting otic and hearing disorders.
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Cochlear Implant Recipient Appears on TLC Show ‘This is Life Live’
Nathalie Carrigan was diagnosed with progressive hearing loss in childhood, which worsened over the years. Doctors at University of Minnesota Health performed her surgery, according to the article.
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OTC Hearing Aid Bill Moves Out of Committee; CTA Praises Legislation
Gary Shapiro of the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) praised the House Energy and Commerce Committee for approving the Medical Device User Fee Amendments (MDUFA) user fee package that included the over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aid provision.
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Earlens Corporation Announces Close of $118 Million Debt and Equity Financing
Earlens Corporation, Inc., Menlo Park, Calif—a privately held medical technology company that created and commercialized a revolutionary hearing aid—announced the final close of its $73 million Series C preferred stock financing, and establishment of a structured debt facility with CRG LP for up to $45 million.
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Mass. Eye and Ear Receives Gift Totaling More Than $20 Million for Hearing Research
This gift reportedly represents one of the country’s largest philanthropic investments ever to advance research on hearing and hearing loss, a significant public health problem impacting one-third of the world’s population over age 65.
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Staff Standpoint: It Should Be an Interesting Month!
It appears that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is preparing to tender some draft form of a classification for over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids very soon—quite possibly at the June 9 National Academies’ Hearing Health Care Report Dissemination Meeting.
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Otoharmonics’ Levo System Selected as Finalist in MDEA Competition
Otoharmonics Corporation, Portland, Ore, announced that the Levo System has been selected as a finalist in the Digital Health Products and Mobile Medical Apps category of the 19th Annual Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) competition.
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Serving Your Patients and OTC Devices
Those of us who have chosen to earn a living serving those who have difficulty hearing also have an obligation: a duty to do what is right for the patient.
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More is Not Necessarily Better…
Custom hearing aids—whether they are in-the-ear (ITE), in-the-canal (ITC), completely-in-the-canal (CIC), or invisible-in-the-canal (IIC)—have acoustic pathways between the receiver and the end of the bore that are on the order of 10 mm or less. This is also the case with occluding RIC style hearing aids. And this is also the case with in-ear monitors that musicians use.
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