Phonak’s Remote Microphone for Hearing Devices Gets Edison Award
Phonak's Roger On assistive listening device is a remote microphone designed for hearing aid wearers and cochlear implant recipients.
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Beck Center for the Arts Installs Listen Technologies’ Assistive Listening System
Beck Center for the Arts, a performing arts and education organization in Ohio, installed Listen Technologies’ assistive listening solution.
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Amplifi Hearing Releases Version 2.3 of EarScript App
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.
Signia Launches My WellBeing Toolset
Signia announced that it is launching My WellBeing, a new app-based toolset designed to “improve the hearing health of Signia hearing aid wearers by encouraging a more consistent and prolonged use of their hearing devices.”
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Purdue University Introduces Closed Captioning for Theater
Purdue University Theatre Department announced that it has engaged Gamiotics to implement a new technology at shows on campus, allowing deaf and hearing-impaired audiences to enjoy live performances through the use of closed captioning in the palm of their hands.
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USound Launches Audio Module for TWS and OTC Hearing Aids
USound, a provider of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) loudspeakers for hearables and wearables, announced the release of an audio module designed to enhance the performance of TWS and OTC hearing aids.
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Can You Combine Safe Listening and Sound Quality? A Look at Apple AirPods Pro
Great listening experiences don’t require throwing safe sound levels and your hearing health to the wind. Here is a review of the popular Apple AirPods Pro relative to WHO and ITU safe listening standards.
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Bluetooth SIG Announces Auracast Broadcast Audio
According to the announcement, Auracast Broadcast Audio will enable an audio transmitter (eg, smartphones, laptops, TVs, or public address systems) to broadcast audio to “an unlimited number of close-range Bluetooth audio receivers.” This includes hearing aids and hearing implants.
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Listen Technologies to Provide InfoComm 2022 with ListenTALK
Listen Technologies Corporation announced that it will provide ListenTALK, its 3-in-1 mobile communication system, to support all Integrated Experience Tours and Show Floor Tours at InfoComm 2022.
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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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Amazon Fire TV Cube Launches Audio Streaming for Hearing Aids (ASHA)
This makes Amazon Fire TV Cube “the first-ever streaming media player to support ASHA and allow customers to directly connect compatible Bluetooth hearing aids,” according to the company.
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Listen Technologies Offers New Listen Everywhere Server
The LW-150P-02-D Listen EVERYWHERE two-channel server has a Dante input on the rear panel. This enables “easy routing and management of Listen EVERYWHERE audio on a network via Dante Controller.
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Envision Announces New Features for AI-Powered Smart Glasses
Envision’s newly launched functionalities include greater Optical Character Recognition (OCR), improved text reading with contextual intelligence, the addition of new languages, and the creation of a third-party app ecosystem allowing the “easy integration of specialist services, such as indoor and outdoor navigation,” to the Envision platform.
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Nuance Hearing Launches Voice Selector Converse
The Voice Selector Converse helps overcome challenging hearing situations for those who struggle with the ‘cocktail party problem,’ offering “a tech solution to understand conversations in a crowded room, without the need for hearing aids,” according to the company’s announcement.
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Listen Technologies Offers ‘ADA Compliant’ Assistive Listening Systems
The company has announced a dedicated Listen EVERYWHERE receiver which makes the Listen EVERYWHERE assistive listening system compliant with the “Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).”
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AudioTelligence Aims to Solve ‘Cocktail Party Problem’
AudioTelligence’s new Aiso for Hearing product has been demonstrated to help “improve speech understanding in noisy environments from 5% to a staggering 98% – a significant improvement over existing commercially available devices.”
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Sensaphonics Helps Rashawn Ross Maintain Hearing Health
With the amount of sound exposure that comes with being a touring musician, Ross has come to realize how critical it is to keep his volume levels in check – especially with the long shows that Dave Matthews Band is known for.
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Knowles Partners with Lucid Hearing
Knowles and Lucid Hearing, a hearing aid company, have partnered to bring the hearing health industry the Westone Audio High Fidelity DWT, a hearing aid with a Receiver in Canal (RIC) that delivers “exceptional sound quality for music listening.”
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