How ‘Public Access Ready’ Hearing Aids Could Offer a Competitive Edge
Hearing care professionals can distinguish their services from OTC devices by focusing on advanced hearing aid features for accessibility.
Hearing care professionals can distinguish their services from OTC devices by focusing on advanced hearing aid features for accessibility.
Phonak launches its latest hearing aid, the Slim Lumity, featuring Universal Bluetooth connectivity, hands-free calling, and activity tracking.
The Sontro Hearing Aids (Model AI) are wireless, self-programming hearing aids that have been developed to amplify sound for individuals 18 years or older with perceived mild-to-moderate hearing impairment.
Signia announced the general availability of its Insio Charge&Go AX custom hearing aids, the newest device built upon Signia’s Augmented Xperience (AX) platform.
Read MoreWidex USA Inc announced that wearers of the company’s Widex MOMENT family of hearing aids can now stream music, calls, and other content from Android smartphones, thanks to an upgrade to its Widex MOMENT App.
Read MoreSoundGear, the official hearing protection partner of Pheasants Forever’s Habitat Organization, announced that the SoundGear Phantom, a hearing aid that offers hearing protection with “an unrivaled custom fit and Bluetooth capabilities,” is back in stock in time for October’s National Protect your Hearing Month.
Read MoreBoth ActiveVent and CROS P are the latest additions to the company’s Paradise line of hearing aid technology, now “the best-selling platform in Phonak history,” according to the company.
Read MoreWearable technology seems poised to take over next-generation electronics, yet most wireless communication techniques are not up to the task. To tackle this issue, scientists from the Tokyo University of Science, Japan, delved deep into human-body communications, in which human tissue is used as the transmission medium for electromagnetic signals. Their findings pave the way to more efficient and safer head-worn devices, such as binaural hearing aids and earphones.
Read MoreCochlear’s Smart Hearing Alliance allows your patients the ability to stream directly to both ears from a compatible iOS or Android device using their Nucleus 7 or Kanso 2 Sound Processor and a compatible ReSound hearing aid.
Read MoreCapTel From T-Mobile was the nation’s first FCC-certified captioned telephone service and has since connected millions of captioned phone calls for people with hearing loss.
Read MoreA mid-year review of hearing aid verification and real-ear measurement systems, audiometry, live speech mapping,
otoscopes, and modular fitting systems. Also featured are tympanometers, OAE and ABR test equipment, cognitive assessment, and pediatric VRA equipment.
Widex USA Inc announced Widex My Sound, a portfolio of AI features including a new solution that “instantly enables intelligent customization of the company’s Widex MOMENT hearing aids based on a users’ activity and listening intent.”
Read MoreSignia announced that its Motion Charge&Go X and Active Pro hearing aids are now available to US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) audiologists treating military veterans, as well as audiologists within the US Department of Defense (DoD), for active military, and Indian Health Service (IHS), for American Indians.
Read MorePhonak announced it has won two international Red Dot Awards for excellence in product design for its Virto Black hearing aid and Roger On remote microphone.
Read MoreUnitron announced the introduction of Blu, an innovative new platform designed to keep up with the complexity of everyday life.
Read MoreSignia Active’s earbud design helps ensure “better hearing without the stigma, while its portable rechargeability and Bluetooth connectivity enable wearers to remain connected and perform their best all day long.”
Read MoreNew research announced by the Hearing Industries Association (HIA) reveals that 4 out of 5 Americans consider hearing loss serious, but ignoring the problem is more common than you may think. Fewer than 16% of adults ages 20-69 who need a hearing aid use one. That number almost doubles to 30% for adults over age 70 who need a hearing aid but don’t use one, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD).
Read MorePhonak announced that Joseph Brisco from Hastings, Michigan was recently fitted with Sky Marvel hearing aids at no cost to his family through a HearStrong and Lemon(aids) 4 Hearing Aids partnership.
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