Turn-Taking AI Lets Smart Headphones Focus on the Voices That Matter
The system’s developers think the technology could one day help users of hearing aids to filter their soundscapes without the need to manually direct the AI’s “attention.”
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Can New Brain-Inspired Algorithm Solve the Cocktail Party Problem?
Researchers have developed a brain-inspired algorithm that significantly improves speech recognition in noisy environments for people with hearing loss by mimicking how the brain filters sound.
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Leveraging Deep Neural Networks in Hearing Aids
New deep neural network noise reduction technology found in Phonak Audéo Sphere Infinio improves listening effort for hearing aid users.
Rexton’s New Hearing Aid Platform Supports Hearing in Noise
Rexton’s new hearing aid platform supports wearers in group conversations to hear multiple voices simultaneously, even amid background noise.
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New Phonak Hearing Aids Improve Speech Understanding in Noise
Phonak expanded its Lumity portfolio to feature hearing aids that are designed to improve speech understanding in noisy environments.
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Signia’s Integrated Xperience Platform Wins Innovation Award
The BIG Innovation Awards recognize organizations and products that deliver premium innovation across verticals.
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MedRx Audiometers Now Feature ACT
MedRx is now able to provide a new speech-in-noise equivalent test with ACT. The ACT test assesses the quality of hearing in noisy situations.
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Multi-Stream Architecture for Improved Conversation Performance
This new hearing aid technology was developed to improve the wearer’s experience in group conversations in noise.
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Phonak Unveils Slim Lumity Hearing Aid
Phonak launches its latest hearing aid, the Slim Lumity, featuring Universal Bluetooth connectivity, hands-free calling, and activity tracking.
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Empowering Patients with Personalized Compression
There is a strong case for personalization of compression for the individual hearing aid user, with research indicating large variation between individuals and situations in preferences and performance. Such personalization has, until now, been limited to complicated adjustments of gain and compression in the fitting software. In contrast, the new Widex MySound enables the user to personalize compression in a completely new way.
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Widex Launches Moment Sheer Hearing Aid Solution
The new solution strives to “deliver the perfection of natural sound by expanding the benefits of Widex PureSound to more users; adding advanced software and hardware technologies that support engagement and improved well-being; and elevating design standards for a user experience that instills pride and confidence in ownership.”
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Signia Launches Styletto AX
Signia announced the launch of the Styletto AX hearing aid featuring two new capabilities for its Augmented Xperience (AX) platform – My WellBeing and CallControl.
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Phonak Launches Lumity Hearing Aid Platform
Phonak, a global provider of hearing solutions, announced that its next generation of hearing aids will be powered by its latest Lumity platform.
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GN Hearing Launches ReSound Omnia
GN Hearing announced the launch of ReSound Omnia – a new hearing aid platform that will “set a new standard in hearing technology and improve how people interact with the world around them.” According to the company, ReSound Omnia provides “significantly better hearing in noisy environments than any previous ReSound hearing aid.”
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Signia Launches Feature Enhancements for AX Hearing Aid Platform
Signia announced the availability of its latest feature enhancements for its Augmented Xperience (AX) hearing aid platform: HandsFree, Auto EchoShield, and Own Voice Processing (OVP) 2.0 – which, together, help to “enhance hearing performance in a wide variety of situations.”
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Oticon Launches Two Polaris MiniBTE Solutions for VA
Oticon, Inc announced the expansion of the Oticon More family with two new Polaris miniBTE solutions that give VA audiologists “the ability to bring the superior sound quality of Oticon More to even more veterans.”
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Split-processing in Hearing Aids Reduces Neural Signatures of Speech-in-Noise Listening Effort
This study uses the electroencephalogram (EEG) and synchronous “alpha” activity over the parietal lobe of the brain to assess listening effort. The researchers find that the intelligibility advantages offered by Signia Augmented Focus hearing aids lead to less effortful listening across a range of SNRs typical of difficult listening environments.
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Olive Union Launches Olive Max Hearing Aid
The next-gen Olive Max features “cutting-edge adaptable sound settings and a sleek wraparound design that resembles today’s popular consumer earbuds rather than traditional hearing aids,” according to the company’s announcement.
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