Med-El US Standard Pro and Micro Pro Rechargeable Batteries Now Available for Sonnet 2 and Sonnet 3 Users
The new battery options offer up to 23 hours of hearing on a single charge and are compatible with Med-El implants dating back to 1994.
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Mimi Partners with Circulr Sound
Mimi announced a new partnership with Circulr Sound, the creator of personal AI audio devices called Hybrid Neckphones. Circulr Sound will bring Mimi Sound Personalization to its Smart Audio Wearables.
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ZPower and MG Development Launch PerfectDry Lux Rechargeable Hearing Aid Dryer
The PerfectDry Lux Rechargeable is said to provide simultaneous dehumidification, UV-C cleaning, and charging for hearing aids.
IntriCon Reports 20% Sales Gain in Third Quarter 2018
For the 2018 third quarter, the company reported net sales of $30.1 million, up 20.2% from $25.1 million in the prior-year period. According to the announcement, the increase was primarily due to year-over-year revenue gains from IntriCon’s largest medical customer and growth in its value-based hearing healthcare business.
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Oticon Announces Five New Opn Custom Solutions Styles
The custom lineup includes styles with 2.4 GHz low-energy Bluetooth® connectivity that offer wireless possibilities. The miniaturization of all components can help enable more functionality in less space, resulting in fewer compromises and more modeling freedom to support a better physical fit and a higher fit rate.
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Data Mining in the Era of Disruptive Technology
In this new era of disruptive technology, hearing care practices need valuable information to help increase the knowledge of decision makers. Primus Business Analytics is designed to help owners and managers effectively identify growth and development opportunities, understand best-practice protocols, the duration and scope of testing, and assist in fine-tuning in ways that would otherwise be virtually impossible.
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New Hearing Devices in Development May Expand Range of Human Hearing
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are developing atomically thin ‘drumheads’ able to receive and transmit signals across a radio frequency range far greater than what we can hear with the human ear.
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IntriCon Adds Power-Efficient Wireless Audio Streaming to Its Hearing Devices
IntriCon has taken another major step forward in its hearing aid and hearables offerings—this time adding audio streaming functionality. IntriCon’s and NXP’s R&D teams merged hearing aid engineering and wireless audio streaming semiconductor technology to deliver hearing aid devices that can stream wireless audio from IntriCon’s wireless accessories. It intends to launch this technology—coupled with a remote microphone—into its Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) and Direct-to-Insurance (DTI) channels in the first half of 2018.
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IntriCon Announces Sales Gains of 29.9% for 2017
IntriCon Corporation, the Minneapolis-based manufacturer of branded hearing aids and hearables including hi HealthInnovations and EarVenture and the new owner of Hearing Help Express, recorded sales of $88.3 million, up 29.9% from $68.0 million in 2016. The company is expanding its manufacturing footprint and is looking ahead to the emerging OTC hearing aid market.
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Widex Announces Official Launch of CUSTOM Hearing Device
CUSTOM is designed to provide flexibility for users with options for a program button, volume control, or both.
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ON Semiconductor to Present Ezairo Pre Suite at EUHA 2017
The wireless-enabled Ezairo 7150 SL is reportedly the first hybrid module to be supported by the Ezairo Pre Suite, with a firmware bundle that is designed to make it easier to build wireless-enabled hearing aids.
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Microson to Present Nanoproof System at EUHA Congress
The Nanoproof is designed to protect hearing aids both internally and externally with a material that is “halfway between a solid and a liquid,” according to the company.
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CIB2 Protein Found to be Part of Sound Wave Translation Process
The findings were published June 29 in “Nature Communications.“ The study is reportedly the first to illuminate in detail how a particular protein, which is known as CIB2, allows hearing to work.
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Bragi Releases the Dash Pro Tailored by Starkey and the Dash Pro Hearables
The two new members of the Bragi family include The Dash Pro tailored by Starkey, “The World’s First Custom-Made Wireless Ear Computer,” featuring a unique, personalized experience, and The Dash Pro, a polished, reloaded, re-engineered sequel to The Dash that continues to press innovation forward.
Read MoreBeltone myPal Accessories Given Edison Award for Innovation
Beltone, Glenview, Ill.—a hearing aid company—and the Edison Awards announced that Beltone’s myPAL accessories were voted a Bronze Winner for innovation.
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Phonak Communications Launches New Features for Roger Earpiece
Phonak Communications, Murten, Switzerland—a telecommunications equipment supplier—has increased the functionality and flexibility of the successful Roger Earpiece launched in 2016 with an unlimited range extension facility, the company announced. From July 2017, it will be possible to have full coverage wherever you are, including across multiple rooms, such as from green room to main stage.
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EnvisionTEC and 3Shape Launch Turnkey System for Printing In-Ear Devices at AudiologyNOW! 2017
EnvisionTEC and 3Shape have jointly announced the launch of a new turnkey system for scanning, modeling, and printing in-ear devices.
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Sensaphonics Announces ‘New Product Release’ on April 1
Sensaphonics announced on April 1 the Perceptuator IEM plug-in accessory, the latest advancement in safe sound for musicians. Designed to make 65 dB sound like 100 dB, Sensaphonics says the Perceptuator plugs directly into your brain, and uses your own powerful sense memories to make you feel like you’re rocking your brains out while delivering studio reference sound quality at safe levels.
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