Earlens Renames its Hearing Centers
Earlens, a provider of hearing and audiology services, announced the renaming of Earlens Hearing Centers under a new clinical identity.
Earlens, a provider of hearing and audiology services, announced the renaming of Earlens Hearing Centers under a new clinical identity.
Earlens announced that it has won “Best Leadership Team” and Earlens CEO Bill Facteau has been named one of this year's “Best CEOs for Diversity” among small and mid-sized companies by Comparably, a workplace culture and compensation site.
Adding value to audiology services, connectivity and remote care with hearing aids, and the dynamic changes in hearing healthcare—ranging from reimbursement to over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids—were some of the major themes of the 2019 American Academy of Audiology (AAA) Convention held at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Ohio on March 27-30.
Study compares the effective bandwidth and maximum gain before feedback of the Earlens device—a light-driven (as opposed to acoustically driven) hearing aid system—to six receiver-in-the-canal (RIC) hearing aids in similar conditions.
Read MoreAccording to the FierceMedicalDevices website, which covers the medical devices and diagnostics industries, Earlens raised $51 million in debt and equity to back the launch of its light-driven hearing aid, which it will offer at a slightly higher price than existing options.
Read MoreEarlens has hired long-time Starkey executive Phil Lyons as its senior VP of sales and professional education. The company plans to launch its unique Light-Driven Hearing Aid in the second quarter of this year.
Read MoreOn September 29, 2015 the FDA announced the clearance of the EarLens Hearing System through the 510(k) De Novo process. In response to the many questions it received following the FDA announcement, EarLens Corporation issued additional information about its new hearing system, expected to reach the market in 2016.
Read MoreThe FDA announced that it is allowing the marketing of a new hearing aid that uses a laser diode and direct vibration of the eardrum to amplify sound: the EarLens Contact Hearing Device (CHD), which is manufactured by EarLens Corp, Menlo Park, Calif.
Read MoreBrent Edwards, PhD, former vice-president of research for Starkey Hearing Technologies and a key person behind the establishment of the Starkey Hearing Research Center in Berkeley, Calif, has accepted the position of chief technology officer at EarLens Corp.
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