IHear Medical Launches Free @Home Hearing Test iHEAR Medical announced the launch of the Free @Home iHEARtest campaign, offering consumers the ability to test their hearing for free at home with the “only FDA approved home hearing screener.” The iHEARtest is said to “rapidly profile hearing ability based on guidelines by the World Health Organization (WHO).” […]
CEVA and Bragi Partner on Hearable Devices CEVA, Inc (NASDAQ: CEVA), a licensor of wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies, and Bragi GmbH, a technology company based in Munich, Germany, announced a strategic collaboration to drive a new class of hearable devices where the user experience is “customizable via the industry’s first hearable app store.” Target devices include headsets, […]
ChatableApps Launches ‘Universal Hearing Aid’ ChatableApps announced the launch of “the world’s first universal hearing aid, using neuroscience-led artificial intelligence to enable those suffering from hearing loss to hear one-to-one conversations clearly, using an everyday smartphone and a standard pair of earbuds.” Hearing loss affects 37.5 million adults in the US* and the World Health Organization (WHO) […]
Starkey announces.. Starkey announced that “the world’s first 2.4 GHz custom rechargeable hearing aids” are now available in all configurations and colours. “We are proud to continue offering industry-leading technology even in this time of disruption,” said Starkey President Brandon Sawalich. “We want to thank our valued partners for their continued business and the opportunity to […]
Unitron Wins 2020 Red Dot Product Design Award for Moxi Jump R Unitron, a Canadian hearing aid manufacturer, announced that it has won the “Red Dot: Product Design 2020” award for its Moxi Jump R hearing aids. The Moxi Jump R helps provide hearing aid wearers with “easy-to-use technology that automatically adapts to a user’s listening environment.” The […]
The Challenge of BTE Hearing Aids with Masks Wearing masks have become common practice during the COVID-19 pandemic. For people who use behind-the-ear (BTE) hearing aids, however, this may be uncomfortable, according to a blog posting by audiologist Sheri Gostomelsky on the ChicagoNow website. Gostomelsky suggests several creative solutions to the problem which include […]
Starkey Expands Remote Programming Feature to More Hearing Aid Users In response to the ongoing challenges facing hearing care providers and their patients amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Starkey announced that it has made telehealth technology available to “even more hearing aid users.” Effective immediately, ‘Hearing Care Anywhere’ remote programming is now enabled across all technology tiers of […]
Tinnitus Therapy Somerset Today we are looking at something a lot of people have to deal with on a daily and nightly basis. We are talking about Tinnitus. Below is a link to the BBC News website which shows a musician living with Tinnitus and how he changed the way he dealt with it. […]
Phonak Launches Naída Marvel (M) Phonak announced the launch of the Naída Marvel (M), described as “a fully-connected, multifunctional super-power hearing aid for those with severe-to-profound hearing loss.” Naída Marvel reportedly delivers “rich, powerful sound and directly connects to virtually any Bluetooth device including smartphones, TVs, tablets, PCs, and much more,” according to […]
Widex Launches Moment Hearing Device Widex announced the launch of the Moment, a device that has “broken new ground by addressing one of the great unsolved challenges in the industry—no matter how good the sound, it still sounds like a hearing aid.” According to Widex, “hearing aids can sound ‘tinny’ and ‘artificial’—which often prevents […]
