Summary:
Nuance Audio’s Smart Glasses have won the Silmo d’Or 2025 Award for Smart Eyewear, recognizing the company’s innovative integration of vision and hearing support in stylish, comfortable eyewear for people with hearing loss.

Key Takeaways:

  • The award honors Nuance Audio’s achievement in combining hearing enhancement with fashionable, everyday eyewear.
  • The glasses feature directional microphones, noise reduction, and open-ear speakers to help users with mild to moderate hearing loss communicate naturally.
  • Nuance Audio aims to reduce the stigma and barriers surrounding hearing aids by offering an elegant, confidence-boosting alternative.

Nuance Audio announced that its Nuance Audio Smart Glasses have won the Silmo d’Or 2025 Award in the Smart Eyewear category at the world-renowned Silmo Paris Optical Fair.

The award recognizes Nuance Audio’s integration of vision and hearing support to offer a stylish, discreet, and powerful solution for individuals with hearing impairment.

Nuance Audio glasses are designed to seamlessly integrate directional microphones, a noise reduction functionality, and open-ear speakers into elegant eyewear. According to the company, this is a medical device that empowers wearers with perceived mild to moderate hearing loss to engage effortlessly in conversations and hear better in everyday situations without compromising on aesthetics or comfort.

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Hearing loss affects over 1.6 billion people worldwide, yet barriers of stigma, discomfort, and lack of affordability often discourage adoption of traditional hearing solutions. Nuance Audio aims to address this gap by transforming an everyday accessory into a life-enhancing tool that supports both vision and hearing.

“Winning the Silmo d’Or is a true honor and a validation of our mission: giving people with mild to moderate hearing loss their confidence and social freedom back. Our smart glasses prove that hearing solutions can be both functional and fashionable,” says Stefano Genco, head of Nuance Audio.

Featured image: The Nuance Audio Smart Glasses team won the Silmo d’Or 2025 Award in the smart eyewear category. Photo: Nuance Audio