Listen Technologies Launches ListenWIFI
Listen Technologies launched ListenWIFI, the next generation of Listen EVERYWHERE, the company’s audio-over-Wi-Fi solution.
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Amazon Releases Echo Buds
The Bose Active Noise Reduction feature can help minimize external noise from a crowded restaurant or office, and can be activated by tapping double tapping the earbud. To turn on Passthrough Mode—which will allow noise in again—users can double tap the earbuds again.
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Outcome Measures, Wireless Technologies, and More: An Interview with Jason Galster, PhD
Dr Galster became the director of clinical research at Advanced Bionics, headquartered in Valencia, Calif, and has authored the book, “Audiology Treatment” (Thieme Medical Publishers, 2018), which belongs to a three-part book series that focuses on audiology treatment, diagnosis, and practice management, respectively.
Starkey Launches Livio AI Hearing Aid with Integrated Sensors and Artificial Intelligence
The launch also includes a brand-new mobile app—Thrive™ Hearing—and three new wireless accessories, the Starkey Hearing Technologies TV, the Remote, and the Remote Microphone +. With the Remote Micorophone+, Livio AI is also the first hearing aid to feature Amazon® Alexa connectivity.
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InnerScope ALPHA Devices Receive FDA Importers’ Registration Clearance
The ALPHA series gives InnerScope the ability to offer the latest in hearing aid and wireless Bluetooth technology at three different price points and technology levels.
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Phonak Audéo B-Direct Wins Stevie Award in New Product Category
The Audéo B-Direct is designed to automatically sense the user’s surroundings and to make adjustments that enable them to hold conversations in noisy environments, answer phone calls without having to touch their phones, and enjoy what is said to be a “theater-quality” listening experience while watching movies and television shows at home.
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Signia Launches Silk Nx Hearing Aids
Re-engineered to be 20% smaller than its predecessor, these ready-to-wear, completely-in-canal (CIC) devices now include key features of Signia’s Nx hearing aid technology that are designed to deliver the most natural hearing experience.
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Phonak Launches Wireless CROS B-R
Phonak, a global provider of hearing instruments and wireless communication solutions, announced the launch of its new CROS B-R device, what the company calls its “first” Contralateral Routing of Signal (CROS) device with a lithium-ion (Li-ion) rechargeable battery.
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Sonic to Present Enchant Hearing Aid Family at AAA 2018
In a side-by-side listening demo, hearing care professionals can discover for themselves how Enchant compares to the competition in noisy environments.
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Oticon ConnectClip Wins 2018 Red Dot Award for Product Design
A panel of international jurors recognized ConnectClip for what was said to be “outstanding design aesthetics” that incorporated a variety of technical, performance, and functionality innovations.
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Sonic Enchant Line Adds SoundClip-A to Stream Sounds in Stereo from Numerous Devices
Sonic has expanded the wireless connectivity options of its Enchant hearing aids with the introduction of SoundClip-A. The easy-to-use, lightweight SoundClip-A allows users to stream stereo sound hands-free to both hearing aids from all Bluetooth® 2.1 smartphones and devices. The small, ergonomically designed clip-on device delivers added benefit as a wireless remote/partner microphone for easier listening when the speaker is at a distance or in noisy environments where listening is difficult. SoundClip-A also enables remote volume control, program changes, and call pick-up with just the press of a button.
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Advanced Bionics to Incorporate Sonova’s Sword Chip Technology
Current users of the Naída CI Q90 sound processor, and future recipients, will be able to connect to any Bluetooth-enabled cell phone.
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Back to Basics: Smartphones and Microphones
There are a multitude of apps for smartphones that can turn them into sound-level meters, recording devices, playback devices, and even allow them to be coupled with external devices for hearing aids via Bluetooth or other wireless protocols.
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GN Hearing Launches ReSound ENZO 3D and Beltone Boost Max
Now available in North America, with all primary markets around the world to follow, ReSound ENZO 3D provides sound quality, efficient fitting, and comprehensive fine-tuning wherever you are.
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Starkey Hearing Technologies Launches IQ Product Lines
Starkey Hearing Technologies—an Eden Prairie, Minn-based hearing technology company—is launching a new line of hearing aids based on the company’s research in virtual reality, advanced neuroscience, and audiology and signal processing.
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Teleaudiology: Friend or Foe in the Consumerism of Hearing Healthcare?
In Part 2 of this 2-part article, Tammara Stender, Jennifer Groth, and David Fabry address how teleaudiology can provide better fit-to-preference and efficiency in hearing healthcare. Today’s wireless and hearing instrument technology affords HCPs even more opportunities to quickly meet hearing needs. The obvious solution to the “user fit-to-preference versus time constraints for both users and professionals” dilemma is a hearing fitting protocol that marries the personal and professional interactions so important for user satisfaction with the convenience of user-driven services, such as apps or secure cloud connections.
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Simulation Software Helps Venue Developers Pre-plan Acoustics
Williams Sound, based in Minneapolis, Minn, has introduced the new Digi-Loop™ Simulation Software – a custom tool the company created to provide in-depth, realistic modeling and simulation of a venue’s acoustics and loop system performance, even before building construction is underway.
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Signia Unveils Nearly Invisible CIC Hearing Aid
Signia has introduced a nearly invisible hearing aid that’s ready-to-wear–Silk™, a CIC hearing instrument with a silicone sleeve. Silk offers high comfort, no waiting, and near-invisibility, which makes it a top choice for first-time hearing aid wearers.
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