Tympa Health Closes $8 Mill Seed Round; Appoints Board Members
Tympa Health Technologies, LTD announced the close of $8 million in seed financing to accelerate its expansion across the UK, Europe, and US markets.
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‘Starkey Cares’ To Increase Hearing Care Accessibility
This month, the company announced, its Center for Excellence provided hearing healthcare services and brand-new hearing aids to frontline healthcare workers as a “thank you” for their service throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as almost 40 other individuals in need of hearing healthcare.
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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.”
Phonak ABCs of eAudiology #3: 10 Steps to Clinical Applications & Providing Feedback for eAudiology
When conducted via eAudiology, effective communication between hearing care practitioners and patients and their significant others is dependent on both technical and interpersonal factors.
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RIT Researchers Study Changes in Nicaraguan Sign Language over Four Decades
They are asking whether languages change so they are easier to produce, or whether they change in ways that make them easier for others to understand. Initial results challenge a long held notion that signs move toward the face in order to be easier to understand.
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Starkey Livio AI Wins ‘2019 CES Innovation’ Award for Accessibility
Livio AI interfaces with a brand-new mobile app — Thrive™ Hearing and three new wireless accessories—the Starkey Hearing Technologies TV, the Remote, and the Remote Microphone +.
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HIA Stresses to FDA Importance of Hearing Professional, Regulation
The HIA submitted a comprehensive Addendum on June 30, 2016 to the FDA in response to questions the Agency posed in its April 21, 2016 Workshop regarding hearing healthcare and devices in the US.
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FDA Releases Agenda for April 21 Workshop on Regulations
Updated: The FDA has released the agenda for its April 21, 2016 workshop on “Streamlining Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) for Hearing Aids,” which can be viewed via FDA webcast. Dave Fabry, PhD, of Starkey will represent HIA on a panel that examines quality standards.
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Staff Standpoint: The Invisible Hand
The fourth quarter (Q4) of 2015 marked strong growth for the private sector, with an 8.2% increase in sales compared to Q4 2014. The VA increased its dispensing activity by 2.3%. Total hearing aid unit sales grew by 7.0% in Q4 2015. What is not known is how much private sector growth can be attributed to the market gains of low-cost retailers like Costco.
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Institute of Medicine’s 3rd Meeting on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Care
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and its Committee on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care for Adults will hold its third of three public workshops on Thursday, September 10 at the Keck Center of The National Academies in Washington, DC. Remote registration is available.
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Tuesday: Institute of Medicine’s 2nd Meeting on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Care
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and its Committee on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care for Adults will hold its second of three public meetings on Tuesday, June 30. The IOM meetings will culminate in a consensus report that may provide context for future top-down governmental responses and influence decisions related to affordability and accessibility of hearing aids, PSAPs, tinnitus devices, and hearing care services.
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