Intricon Corporation (NASDAQ: IIN), a joint development manufacturer of micromedical technology for use in interventional, implantable, and body-worn medical devices, announced that it has achieved “a critical milestone in the clinical study of its proprietary software that will allow people to self-fit hearing aids that are sold over-the-counter at retail stores and online.”
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The NIH grant will fund Miller School research aimed at developing and testing novel therapy approaches with gene editing. Gene editing is a group of technologies that allow scientists to change an organism’s DNA. CRISPR-Cas9 is a popular gene editing technology developed to treat genetic disorders.
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FCOM2022, the Florida Combined Otolaryngology Meeting includes the Florida Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (FSO-HNS), the Florida Society of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (FSFPRS), the Network of Florida Otolaryngologists (NFO), and the Network of Medical Audiology Professionals (MedAudPro), has a speaker lineup of more than 120 presenters for its 26th annual meeting.
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Even though there is no cure for tinnitus today, good approaches that significantly reduce the burden of affected individuals are available. Therefore, it is hoped that the message to sufferers that they have to “live with their tinnitus” will become less and less pronounced.
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Established in April 2021, the Demant Care Community is building a Community of Care among Demant employees with projects like the blood drive that enable them to volunteer and contribute to the support of in-need people in communities nationwide.
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GN confirms its intention to launch Jabra Enhance Plus, a miniaturized “true wireless earbud that delivers a 3-in-1 experience of hearing enhancement, music, and calls,” in the OTC hearing aid category.
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Signia announced it will support the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Veterans Golden Age Games (NVGAG) as a Gold Sponsor.
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Hearing aid manufacturers can effectively crank out top-notch units that rely on the latest technology, but the best of the bunch offer considerably more. As one example, ReSound, Bloomington, Minn., oversees a 12-month strategy intended to support independent practices across the United Sates.
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Hearing Health and Technology Matters (HHTM) announced the launch of a new e-book by Brian Taylor, AuD, called “Indispensable: What Four Acclaimed Late Audiologists Can Teach Us About the Value of Customization in the Era of Self-directed Care.”
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What are the major drivers of customer satisfaction with hearing aids? Almost all surveys emphasize the importance of hearing speech in noise. Recent consumer surveys also indicate that the main drivers of hearing aid satisfaction are sound quality or hearing aid performance over their satisfaction with the hearing care professional (HCP) or hearing aid physical qualities. Listening situations most important to hearing aid users for speech understanding are: 1:1 conversations and group conversations in noise, soft speech in quiet, understanding speech without visual cues, and speech at a distance.
Read More“The Hearing Review’s” Editor Emeritus, Karl Strom, recently sat down with Joel Lockwood, President and CEO of Sycle LLC to discuss how the company has helped its clients maintain their practices during the pandemic as well as helping to design solutions that incorporate digital efficiencies to help better manage patient relationships.
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Beltone announced two new opportunities that further elevate their standard of care through collaborations with Lantos Technologies and OtoSet by SafKan Health which Beltone has made available to their independent network of local business owners.
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Hearing enhancement device developer and distributor Noopl has announced it is suspending the sales and marketing of its device. Launched at CES 2021 and honored with a CES 2022 Innovation Award, Noopl was a small $199 hearing accessory that clipped onto the bottom of an iPhone.
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Nuheara’s hearing device market presence in the US has been developing since the Company’s inception. In building brand awareness with Direct To Consumer (DTC) and traditional retail sales partners, the US currently holds the majority of Nuheara’s global sales and growth, according to the company.
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USound, a provider of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) loudspeakers for hearables and wearables, announced that it “is on a rapid path to replacing balanced armature microspeakers with MEMS speakers in most portable consumer electronics by 2025.”
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