Hearing aid solutions provider WS Audiology announced the opening of a new 94,000 square foot Americas Manufacturing and Distribution Center in Mexico to serve Signia customers throughout the United States, Canada, and Latin America. As part of this realignment, the company is phasing out all China-based Signia custom device production for the Americas.
Neuromod Devices Ltd, the medical device company which specializes in neuromodulation technologies, has announced the appointment of Eric Timm as Chief Executive Officer of its recently established US entity, Neuromod USA Inc, effective from October 1, 2021.
Widex Inc announced that it has published a survey that highlights the importance of sound quality in hearing devices and validates the company’s philosophy that “natural sound is the most important feature because it supports social participation in everyday life.”
Powered by AI, Widex SoundSense Learn helps process inputs from connected hearing aids throughout the world and shares anonymized data with a cloud-based AI system.
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Surprisingly, 75% of countries polled included bird song in their top three—out of a total of 20—general sounds of value.
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The theme, centered on “community,” was chosen as an opportunity to highlight the many communities the organization was designed to support: its member community; individual practice communities; the patient community; and the industry community, including its manufacturing partners, all of whom were co-sponsors of the event.
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Fifty-two percent of Spanish people with hearing loss do not use hearing aids for fear of social rejection. The fact is that the stigma around using hearing aids continues to be the main barrier in Spain today to people with hearing loss not wanting to adapt.
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Widex has announced the availability of its new WIDEX MOMENT™ hearing aid, which is designed to offer the industry’s most natural hearing experience by combining the latest in AI and machine learning with two ultra-fast signal pathways.
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PureSound with ZeroDelay technology has been designed to shorten hearing aid processing delays to less than 0.5 ms across frequencies and therefore greatly enhance the sound quality, particularly for large-vent or open fittings—fittings that can reduce the effectiveness of directional microphones. This study shows the PureSound program on the MOMENT hearing aid is as effective as the premium products of two other manufacturers for managing speech understanding in noise at realistic SNRs.
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Daniel Liberman has joined WS Audiology as President for the US region and member of Group Management, responsible for both Widex and Sivantos US strategic coordination.
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Sound quality in digital hearing aids is often compromised due to signal-processing delay and the resulting “comb-filter effect.” To change this, Widex recently introduced a new solution, designed particularly for mild-to-moderate hearing losses, which employs an ultralow delay. This results in a sound quality that has, until now, been unattainable in digital hearing aids. This article describes the physics of hearing aid delay, and presents a field study on the sound quality experience of the new system.
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The Widex Moment platform achieves this hearing experience by leveraging two distinct signal pathways. The ‘classic’ Widex signal pathway is paired with a second ultra-fast signal pathway that adds extra gearing to the platform, the company says.
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The hearing aid information center compiles dozens of frequently asked questions about the hearing aid selection and fitting process, which can be “overwhelming” without guidance to those exploring how hearing aids can help. The site also answers common questions about tinnitus.
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The certification process at WS Audiology, with hearing aids and related software in scope, started with on-site audits in October and November of 11 sites in Europe, the US, China, and Singapore. During these audits, the company reports that its new quality management system was reviewed by notified body TüV Süd to ensure compliance to the EU Medical Device Regulation.
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A much-used quote relating to the use (or misuse) of statistics is: “It’s very possible for a man to drown standing in a river that has an average depth of 6 inches.” In other words, averages do not always reflect practical experience. This holds for many things, including hearing aid fittings.
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This award is presented to a Texas audiologist who, directly in their service to individuals with hearing loss or in volunteer efforts related to the field of hearing health care, has made outstanding contributions to the audiology industry.
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Søren Westermann has been named the Technical University of Denmark’s (DTU) Honorary Alumnus...
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Building upon Widex’ data logging capabilities, Real-Life Insights is said to gather data on when patients create and use personal programs, how they’ve customized their EVOKE hearing aids’ settings, and how often they use each personal program.
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