Rexton Adds Four Devices to Portfolio
Rexton announces launch of its latest additions to the BiCore portfolio, including the BiCore B-Li M Rugged hearing aid—all behind-the-hearing aids.
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Beltone Launches Rely Hearing Aids
Beltone, a hearing care retailer with approximately 1,500 locations in North America, announced the launch of Beltone Rely, a full collection of hearing aids “offering proven technology and advanced features and services normally only available in premium-priced hearing devices.”
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Phonak Launches Lyric4 Hearing Aid
According to Phonak, the new Lyric4 features components that have been further improved to help guard against earwax and other debris, helping to increase reliability.
Widex Survey Shows Bird Song Among ‘Most Valuable Sounds’ to Participants
Surprisingly, 75% of countries polled included bird song in their top three—out of a total of 20—general sounds of value.
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Starkey Launches Mask Mode feature for Thrive Hearing Control App
Starkey announced that its Thrive Hearing Control app now includes Mask Mode, a new custom memory that boosts the frequency response in certain channels to help patients better hear people who are wearing face masks.
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ReSound Launches Face Mask Program at 2020 Digital EUHA Congress
According to ReSound, hearing care professionals can now adjust hearing aid settings to compensate for the sound distortions caused by face masks. The new settings can be installed “remotely and conveniently via the ReSound Assist Live— a cloud-based tele-audiology service that provides support to people from the safety and comfort of home.” This technology has proven important during COVID-19.
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‘Engadget’ Article Compares Phonak Paradise and Widex Moment
In a recent “Engadget” article, writer James Trew performs a side-by-side comparison of the newest “flagship offerings” from Phonak and Widex: the Paradise and the Moment.
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Research Shows Benefit of Access to All Sounds in Environment
Studies conducted by Eriksholm Research Centre found that natural brain function first processes the entire sound scene before focusing or selectively attending to the sound of interest. Researchers point out that the findings have significant implications for hearing aid design, challenging traditional approaches that let conventional technology decide what the brain needs to attend to.
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GN Hearing Holds Virtual Event to Celebrate Launch of ReSound One
Experts in the field of audiology gathered to discuss the latest technology and design, as well as future methods for treating hearing loss. Participants now have access to the training resources and learning materials for the next 90 days.
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Starkey Expands Livio Edge AI Hearing Aid Line
This launch includes the introduction of “the world’s smallest, most powerful rechargeable BTE*, a first-of-its-kind speech enhancement feature, and industry-first technology that allows hearing aid wearers to use their hearing devices to find their smartphones.”
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Signia Launches ‘Styletto X Challenge’ Hearing Aid Giveaway Program
From now until the end of 2020, participants can enter to win one of 10 pairs of Signia’s Styletto X hearwear, combining “award-winning design, improved audibility for speech in noise, and advanced features created in response to Covid-19.”
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Starkey Livio AI Receives ‘2020 AI Breakthrough Award’
Honoring the best companies, technologies, products, and services in the field of artificial intelligence, the AI Breakthrough Award recognizes the use of artificial intelligence “to solve problems and revolutionize an industry.”
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Beltone Releases Imagine Hearing Aid
Beltone Imagine places a third microphone directly in the ear canal to collect sound taking advantage of the natural and unique acoustics of each person’s ear.
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GN Hearing Launches ReSound ONE Hearing Aid
This solution places an additional microphone inside the ear canal, “for the first time, allowing people relying on hearing aids to experience the world with their own ears while preserving the comfort of an open-fit device.”
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A Faster Way to Setting Up External Receivers: Using Roger and Hearing Aids with RogerDirect
Remote microphone technology (RMT) continues to become more effective and smaller, as well as faster and easier to set up. This field trial demonstrates how the new RogerDirect system makes it faster and easier for hearing care professionals to employ RMT technology in hearing aids.
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BIHIMA Releases Q1 2020 Market Results
Not surprisingly, the UK figures are slightly down on Q4 2019, with over 400,000 units sold. Ireland Q1 units were particularly robust following a strong Q4 in 2019, with 16,830 units sold, according to BIHIMA.
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Survey Analysis Finds 20% of People with Hearing Aids Do Not Use Them
The study showed that approximately 20% of adults currently do not use their hearing aids at all, 30% use them some of the time, and the remaining 50% most of the time.
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Lantos Launches Storefront E-Commerce Portal for Custom-fit Hearing Products
Products currently available cover sleep assistance, personal audio, professional audio, work safety, recreation & sport safety, and hunting & outdoor.
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