Phonak Introduces Lyric3 at AudiologyNOW! 2014
Phonak introduced Lyric3 with a low-power, deep-ear chip for enhanced signal processing during the AudiologyNOW! 2014 convention in Orlando. The new Lyric generation is designed to bring a more natural...
View ArticleA Disappearing Receiver Tube and Wire Cover Treatment
Tech Topic | April 2014 Hearing Review By Robert Traynor, EdD, MBA A new treatment for BTE and RIC/RITE receiver tubing and wire covers dyes the hearing aid plumbing to provide an even more invisible,...
View ArticleHR Knowledge Summit Roundtable at “12 Hours of Sebring”, Part 4: Physician...
In Part 4 of this 5-part series, our roundtable takes on the topics of marketing and outreach to physicians, changing attitudes about hearing aids in younger patients, and a greater willingness to try...
View ArticleHR Knowledge Summit Roundtable at “12 Hours of Sebring”, Part 5: Alternate...
In Part 5 of this 5-part series, our roundtable discusses alternate dispensing channels, personal sound amplification products (PSAPs), Internet and mail-order hearing aids, and how to advise consumers...
View ArticleZPower Secures $10 Million to Support Growth
ZPower, Camarillo, Calif, has announced it has raised $10 million in additional funding from existing investors, bringing the total to $110 million from investors. The funds will be used to accelerate...
View ArticleNew iOS App Simulates Good, Poor, and Enhanced Hearing
Mimi launching its new app at TechCrunch’s Disrupt NY Startup Battlefield The technology company Mimi, the “smart hearing technology ecosystem, has launched a new application (app) in iOS to allow...
View ArticleClarity Launches New Sempre Bluetooth Amplified Phone
Clarity, a division of Plantronics, Chattanooga, Tenn, announces the launch of Sempre™, a new amplified home phone that allows users to make calls through their existing wireless service. Sempre...
View ArticleLocalization 101: Hearing Aid Factors in Localization
Tech Topic | Hearing Review September 2014 By Francis Kuk, PhD, and Petri Korhonen, MS An introduction to localization, factors that influence localization when wearing hearing aids, and what steps can...
View ArticleAlternative for Hearing Aid Listening Stethoscope Offered by UFE Electronic...
AcousticEar UFE Electronic Designs, Laguna Hills, Calif, has announced a new hearing aid evaluation tool for audiologists and hearing instrument specialists (patent pending). According to the company,...
View ArticleOticon’s 2014 Human Link Conferences Explore the Brain, Cognition, and...
Left to right: Jim Kothe, MS, Oticon VP of Sales; Don Schum, PhD, VP of Audiology & Professional Relations; Nancy Palmere, Senior Marketing Manager; Marija Baranauskas, AuD, Director of Education...
View ArticleBeyond Connectivity
Tech Topic | November 2014 Hearing Review By Tammara Stender, AuD Hearing instruments have made a splash in the media this year, due to the new ability of some models to connect directly to user...
View ArticleImprovement in Speech Intelligibility and Subjective Benefit with Binaural...
Tech Topic | November 2014 Hearing Review By Jennifer Appleton, MSc, and Gabriel König The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of the new adaptive behavior of the Phonak binaural...
View ArticleFDA Approves Waterproof Cover for Cochlear Implant Processor
MED-EL USA, based in Durham, North Carolina, has announced the FDA approval of its new WaterWear waterproof cover for RONDO, the company’s cochlear implant single-unit audio processor. The WaterWear...
View ArticleReSound Announces Smart Hearing Aid Technology for Android
ReSound, Bloomington, Minn, announced at the International CES conference in Las Vegas on January 6, 2015 that the smart hearing aid technology found in its ReSound portfolio of smart hearing aids will...
View ArticleGN ReSound Unveils LiNX2 Hearing Aids
GN ReSound, Copenhagen, Denmark, has announced the unveiling of LiNX2, the next generation of the company’s made for iPhone hearing aids with smart hearing technology. The device builds on technologies...
View ArticleOticon Introduces Inium Sense Processing for Hearing Aids
Oticon, Somerset, NJ, has introduced its new Inium Sense, a sound processing platform that powers the company’s new Alta2, Nera2, and Ria2 hearing aids in its Performance Line of hearing instruments....
View ArticleBeltone Launches Legend Made for iPhone Hearing Aid
Beltone, Chicago, Ill, has announced its launch of the Beltone Legend™, featuring new technology that classifies it as a Made for iPhone hearing aid. According to Beltone, with support for Made for...
View ArticleBloomberg Examines Bluetooth Earpieces vs Hearing Aids
A March 5, 2015 report from Bloomberg News online examines how recent advances in circuitry and Bluetooth technology have led to increased availability of cost-effective and powerful alternatives to...
View ArticleListen Technologies Expands ListenIR Product Line
Listen Technologies, Bluffdale, Utah, held a March 30, 2015 press conference to announce the expansion of its ListenIR product line with the new LT-84 ListenIR Transmitter-Radiator and LA-141 ListenIR...
View ArticleInteracoustics TBS10 test box for Hearing Instrument Testing (HIT)
The Interacoustics Callisto system with TBS10 test box. Interacoustics, Assens, Denmark, now offers Callisto™ users the TBS10 test box, designed to perform hearing aid diagnostics and RECD...
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