OTC Hearing Aid Market to Hit $1.16 Billion by 2030
The U.S. OTC hearing aid market is fueled by increasing demand for affordable, accessible, and technologically advanced devices.
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Starkey Evolv AI Wins 2022 BIG Award
Starkey announced that the Evolv AI, has won a 2022 Artificial Intelligence Excellence Award,...
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Perfecting Pitch Perception
In a study reported December 14 in the journal “Nature Communications,” researchers led by McGovern Institute for Brain Research associate investigator Josh McDermott used computational modeling to explore factors that influence how humans hear pitch.
Signia AX and Insio Charge&Go AX Receive CES 2022 Awards
Signia announced that two of its latest innovations have been selected as honorees in the Consumer Electronics Show 2022 Innovation Awards.
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Starkey Executive Team Attended EUHA 2021
Starkey President and CEO Brandon Sawalich, along with other members of the Starkey executive team, announced their attendance at EUHA 2021 in person earlier this month, to connect directly with partners in hearing healthcare.
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Remote Work Challenges for People with Hearing Loss
Though the concept of “Zoom fatigue” is known to many who are weary of remote connection with co-workers nearly two years in to the pandemic, for those with hearing loss, Zoom videoconferencing can make communication even more challenging than before, according to a recent article on the “Forbes” website.
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Signia Student University Event to take Place Aug 2-6
The program is free to register for all students in audiology doctorate programs, “immersing them in in-depth, interactive sessions and empowering them with knowledge and insights as they prepare for careers in the hearing care industry,” according to Signia.
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MID-YEAR PRODUCT REVIEW: Hearing Aids
The latest in hearing aid technology, including new innovative products from Widex, Oticon, Signia, Starkey, Phonak, Whisper, Unitron, Rexton, Earlens, NewSound, and Miracle Ear.
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Bat Echolations Contain Redundant Information
Echoes received by bats are so simple that a sound file of their calls can be compressed 90% without losing much information, according to a study published in the journal “PLOS Computational Biology.”
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Apple Launches Features for Those with Hearing Loss
Apple announced the introduction of software features “designed for people with mobility, vision, hearing, and cognitive disabilities.” According to Apple’s announcement, “these next-generation technologies showcase Apple’s belief that accessibility is a human right and advance the company’s long history of delivering industry-leading features that make Apple products customizable for all users.”
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Phonak to Release Roger On Solution for Hearing Aid, Cochlear Implant Wearers
Phonak announced that the Roger On remote microphone solution will be available to hearing aid and cochlear implant wearers via hearing care professionals as of June 15, 2021.
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A Digital Therapeutic and Hearing Health Coach for Enhancing First-time Hearing Aid Experiences
Developed under an NIH research grant, Amptify is an online aural rehabilitation program and Hearing Health Coach that engages patients and enhances the new hearing aid experience without incurring additional time on the part of a patient’s audiologist. As teleaudiology becomes more commonplace, it is highly likely that Amptify will be the first of many digital therapeutics for the treatment of hearing loss.
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Improved Hearing with Optical Cochlear Implants
The scientists want to use genetic engineering methods to make the nerve cells in the ear sensitive to light so that they can then be stimulated with light instead of electricity, as is currently the case.
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Achin Bhowmik, PhD, Named ‘Health Care Heroes’ Honoree
Starkey announced that Chief Technology Officer Achin Bhowmik, PhD, has been named a 2021 Health Care Heroes honoree by the “Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.”
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NASEM Report Recommends Update In Hearing Test
As cochlear implant technology has significantly improved, the US Social Security Administration (SSA) should use a more difficult test than the Hearing in Noise Test (HINT) to make disability benefit determinations in adults and children after cochlear implant surgery, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM).
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Phonak Launches Roger II Focus Ear-Level Receiver
Phonak announced the launch of the second generation of Roger Focus, the ear-level receiver that allows “children, teens, and adults to hear a speaker’s voice via any Roger microphone.”
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Study Shows Adaptation to Listening with Masks
Ten months into COVID-19 living, people are adapting to speaking from behind, and understanding others who are wearing a cloth face mask, University of California, Davis (UC Davis), researchers suggest in a new study.
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Study Suggests Smart Assistant Fixes for Deaf Users
Researchers identified common challenges these users face in their interactions with smart assistants, such as the default higher-pitched female voices used on many smart assistants being incompatible with hearing aids, and difficulty of use in public places with background noise that competes for their attention, such as nearby conversations or the average commotion in a grocery store.
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