3M to Pay $6B to Settle U.S. Military Earplug Lawsuit
3M will pay $6 billion to resolve litigation by U.S. service members for producing faulty earplugs that resulted in hearing injuries.
3M will pay $6 billion to resolve litigation by U.S. service members for producing faulty earplugs that resulted in hearing injuries.
GN Hearing's new hearing instrument, the OMNIA miniRIE, aims to address the challenges of speech hearing in noise and to provide a natural listening experience.
Amplifi Hearing has released EarScript version 2.3, an app that allows patients to listen to a variety of hearing aids in different listening conditions, programmed to their own hearing loss.
Industry experts anticipate Bluetooth Auracast broadcast audio will become the next-generation assistive listening system.
Varta announced it will present hearing aid batteries under the VARTA brand for the first time on March 30 at the AAA 2022 + HearTECH Expo in St Louis, where the company's full range of products will also be on display, including individual energy solutions for the industry.
Packetcraft, a maker of Bluetooth embedded stacks and software solutions with more than 100M enabled devices, announced its Bluetooth Qualified LE Controller is shipping with Nordic Semiconductor’s flagship nRF5340 dual-core Bluetooth 5.3 SoC enabling LE Audio in commercial products.
The results of the study show that the area of the ear canal called the "first elbow" is closely linked to noise attenuation by earplugs.
Knowles Corporation, a global provider of advanced micro-acoustic microphones and speakers, audio solutions, and high-performance capacitors and RF products, announced research demonstrating a new Preferred Listening Response Curve for earphone design, “reflecting findings to ensure the best and most satisfying music listening experience for consumers.”
A jury in the second trial of a class-action lawsuit brought by military members who alleged that 3M did not disclose design flaws in its dual-ended Combat Arms Earplugs, Version 2 (CAEv2), ruled in favor of the company, according to an article in the “Wall Street Journal.”