Roundtable: Hearing Aid Selection in Severe, Profound Losses
Hearing Review editorial advisory board members share their perspective on determining the best hearing devices for people with severe hearing loss.
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The Philosophy of Growth by Serving People’s Hearing Needs: An Interview with Bill Austin, Part 1
William (Bill) Austin celebrated his 60th year in the hearing healthcare field in February. As the founder of Starkey, one of the “Big 6” hearing aid manufacturers, he is probably among less than a handful of people who have continuously helmed a global hearing aid company from the 1970s to the present.
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Phonak Launches Virto Black Hearing Aid
Phonak announced the world premiere, at CES 2020, of Phonak Virto Black,described as “a...
Novel Benefits in CROS and BiCROS Hearing Aid Fitting Technology
Overall, the findings of this study demonstrate that the two new CROS/BiCROS systems from Signia—the Pure 312 Nx CROS with Narrow directionality and the Silk Nx CROS—provide a superior solution to the daily listening problems encountered by people with SSD.
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Will Hearing Aid Sales Top 4 Million Units in 2018?
According to HIA statistics, the US hearing aid market has experienced sales gains of 5.9% and may exceed 4 million hearing aid units dispensed by the end of 2018. Here’s a summary of the US hearing industry statistics through the third quarter of this year, including a look at the most-common styles of hearing aids sold.
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Humavox Launches POD Wireless Charging Device for Hearing Aids at EUHA Congress
The POD is said to utilize Humavox’s ETERNA® technology to help provide a faster wireless charge, and is designed to accommodate any rechargeable hearing aid system requirement.
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Sonic Introduces New Styles and Performance Levels for Enchant
Designed with a focus on size to create a “first-rate fit,” Enchant custom models reportedly use a variety of venting, amplifier, and battery configurations to build the smallest possible instruments to satisfy individual preferences for style, comfort, and gain. Feature options include four receiver sizes (75-100 dB), advanced wireless communication with 2.4 GHz, Near Field Magnetic Induction (NFMI) technology, dexterity enhancements for easier handling, and more.
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Staff Standpoint: Hearing Aid Sales Increase by 3.4% in 2017
Hearing aid net unit sales in the United States grew by 3.4% in 2017, with a 4.0% growth rate for the commercial/private sector and 0.92% for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), according to statistics generated by the Hearing Industries Assn (HIA), Washington, DC.
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Widex Announces Official Launch of CUSTOM Hearing Device
CUSTOM is designed to provide flexibility for users with options for a program button, volume control, or both.
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Eargo Raises Up to $45 Million in Series C Funding
The new investment was led by Nan Fung Life Sciences, a global investment platform focused on life sciences that’s a part of the Nan Fung Group, and also included investments from New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Charles and Helen Schwab, and Maveron.
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Widex Unveils Redesigned Widex Custom
CUSTOM is designed to feature all the benefits of the UNIQUE platform such as sound classifier, soft level noise reduction, and reportedly one of the largest sound windows in the market.
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BIHIMA Releases 2017 Market Report Tracking UK Hearing Technology Sales
The BIHIMA reports what they call “sustained growth” in the NHS market with the number of units distributed through the National Health Service (NHS) up 6.7% in the year to date compared with 2016.
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Unitron Expands Tempus Platform with Insera ITE and Stride M R
The new products further extend the Tempus platform’s conversation capabilities to wearers of custom hearing instruments and to those patients seeking a greater variety of rechargeable options.
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Match to Target: How to Get Accurate First Fits
Real-ear verification is considered a “best practice” when fitting hearing aids. In this study, a clinical verification approach was applied to verify the implementation of the NAL-NL2 rationale in the Widex Unique hearing aids.
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More is Not Necessarily Better…
Custom hearing aids—whether they are in-the-ear (ITE), in-the-canal (ITC), completely-in-the-canal (CIC), or invisible-in-the-canal (IIC)—have acoustic pathways between the receiver and the end of the bore that are on the order of 10 mm or less. This is also the case with occluding RIC style hearing aids. And this is also the case with in-ear monitors that musicians use.
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Connect Hearing to Carry Phonak Bolero B and Virto B-Titanium Hearing Aids
Connect Hearing, a Chicago-based network of hearing care centers, has expanded its portfolio to include two groundbreaking hearing instruments from Swiss manufacturer Phonak, Stäfa, Switzerland, Connect Hearing announced.
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Chue Yang Presents “Art of Custom Hearing Instrument Manufacturing” at HHPCA 2017
On April 28, Unitron Director of Operations Chue Yang presented “The Art of Custom Hearing Instrument Manufacturing” at the Hearing Healthcare Providers/California (HHPCA) 2017 Annual Conference in Sacramento.
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US Hearing Aid Unit Sales Increased by 8.7% in 2016
According to HIA statistics, 3.65 million hearing aid units were dispensed in the United States during 2016—or 8.7% more than in 2017. For the private/commercial sector, hearing aid unit sales grew by 10.6% in 2016—a strong follow-up to the 7.8% gains experienced in 2015. However, when accounting for gains by Big Box retailers and other factors, unit gains for most dispensing practices in 2016 were more likely to be around 6%.
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