MED-EL USA Launches 4th Annual Ideas4Ears Contest
MED-EL USA, a provider and inventor of hearing implant systems, announced the launch of its participation in the 4th annual international Ideas4Ears Children’s Invention Contest.
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Author: Stefani Kim
CLEAR Launches Amptify Digital Therapeutic for Hearing Loss
ClEAR, a company that develops products for individuals with hearing loss, announced the launch of its “category-defining digital therapeutic for hearing loss that enables organizations to offer comprehensive, evidence-based hearing healthcare to their populations,” called Amptify.
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Vocal Interactions Linked to Size of Infant Vocabulary
Research showed that infants tended to have a larger vocabulary if they produced a greater number of speech-like babbling sounds and, in return, received a greater amount of adult responses that incorporated sounds similar to their babbling.
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High-frequency Sound Waves May Be Used for New Drug Delivery Methods, Smart Materials
A new review published in “Advanced Science” reveals the bizarre effects of these sound waves on materials and cells, such as molecules that seem to spontaneously order themselves after being hit with the sonic equivalent of a semi trailer.
Read MoreEarTechnic Selects Energous Wireless Charging for Tie-X
Energous’ WattUp wireless charging technology is based on radio frequency (RF), which helps provide “a number of benefits for wireless charging, including the ability to fit into small form factor products and devices without flat surfaces.”
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Zoom Charges Monthly Fee for Closed Captioning During Pandemic, ‘WBFO’ Reports
Shari Eberts wrote an open letter—that turned into a petition with 58,000 signatures—asking video conferencing companies to remove the paywall from their captioning services.
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Researchers Find ‘Molecular Switch’ That Controls Repair of Damaged Inner Ear Cells
The findings shed light on regenerative abilities that are present in many species of birds and fish, but get turned off in mammals, including humans, according to a press release posted on the Johns Hopkins Medicine website.
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Starkey Appoints Tim Clark As Managing Director, UK and Ireland
For nearly 20 years, Clark has held various roles within the healthcare space, most recently in the hearing industry. According to Starkey, Clark’s experience includes rapidly growing successful businesses through both strategy formulation and implementation.
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KU Leuven Research Utilizes Brainwaves to Determine Speaker Being Listened To
In a noisy room with many speakers, hearing aids can suppress background noise, but they have difficulties isolating one voice – that of the person you’re talking to at a party, for instance.
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Zebra Finches ‘Amazing’ at Unmasking The Bird Behind The Song
Like humans who can instantly tell which friend or relative is calling by the timbre of the person’s voice, zebra finches have a near-human capacity for language mapping. Moreover, they can remember each other’s unique vocalizations for months and perhaps longer, the findings suggest.
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Research Identifies Brain Activity Associated with Sensory Experiences
If a baby was not capable of processing movement, or movement is not associated with normal activity inside the brain (such might be the case in a baby with cerebral palsy), clinicians could then be able to induce that activity by learning an association with sound, and using the sound simulation to try and amplify and rehabilitate their movement.
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Starkey Leaders Presented at Reimagine Aging Conference
The focus of this year’s event was how emerging technologies are key to combating the loneliness epidemic facing many older adults today. Chief Health Officer Archelle Georgiou, MD and Chief Innovation Officer Dave Fabry, PhD, both presented on the topic.
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Starkey Hosts Webinar on Impact of the 2020 Election on Hearing Healthcare
Chief Innovation Officer Dave Fabry and Chief Compliance Officer Michael Scholl discussed topics such as over-counter-hearing aids, Medicare coverage, and student loan forgiveness, among others, and how they may be impacted by the new administration.
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IAC Acoustics Launches Noishield Continuline Sound Barrier
The Noishield Sound Barrier System is a line of exterior barriers designed with acoustical components to help protect communities from noisy equipment.
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Nuheara IQbuds2 Max Selected for ‘TIME’s 2020 Best Inventions’
According to Nuheara, what makes IQbuds² MAX unique is the EarID clinically certified personalization system embedded in the IQbuds App. EarID helps allow consumers “to self-assess, self-fit, and auto calibrate their IQbuds² MAX to their own personal hearing profile using National Acoustic Labs NAL-NL2 hearing aid prescription algorithms.”
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