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HeardThat is Runner-up at AGE-WELL National Impact Challenge

Singular Hearing, a subsidiary of Singular Software and creator of HeardThat, announced it gained the runner-up distinction at the AGE-WELL National Impact Challenge 2022 for its hearing-assistive, AI-powered app. HeardThat was one of six finalists that pitched their innovation at the AGE-WELL Annual Conference, a Canadian conference discussing current issues and innovations in the field of technology and aging. 

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Study Explains ‘Cocktail Party Effect’ in Hearing Loss

Plenty of people struggle to make sense of a multitude of converging voices in a crowded room. Commonly known as the “cocktail party effect,” people with hearing loss find it’s especially difficult to understand speech in a noisy environment. New research suggests that, for some listeners, this may have less to do with actually discerning sounds. Instead, it may be a processing problem in which two ears blend different sounds together – a condition known as binaural pitch fusion.

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ReSound Launches Enzo Q Hearing Aid

ReSound announced the launch of ENZO Q, a hearing aid that reportedly “sets a new standard in 'Super Power' hearing aids by solving one of the main challenges for people with severe-to-profound hearing loss: in-front speech recognition in noisy environments.“

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