If you’ve been in the market for new hearing aids or are just browsing to learn about the latest advancements in hearing technology, Oticon Opn 1 has probably popped up in your search results. Read more
A recent FCC filing confirms that Phonak has developed a full-blown Bluetooth chip, which should enable connecting natively to any Bluetooth device, including Android phones, iPhones, Bluetooth-enabled computers, etc. Read more
New Zealand-based company, Triton Hearing, announced in April that it would be providing hearing aid services to rural communities via the internet— using a local nurse and remote audiologist. Read more
We are excited to share the following video clip, recorded at the FTC’s Now Hear This: Competition, Innovation, and Consumer Protection Issues in Hearing Health Care. In the video the executive directors of the Academy of Doctors of Audiology and the Hearing Loss Association of America, Stephanie Czuhajewski and Barbara Kelley (respectively) discuss HearingTracker.com, the leading independent hearing health resource for consumers with hearing loss. Read more
What you give up when you lose your hearing can be different for everyone, but the things you will miss most are conversations, sounds and the feelings you get in return from them. Some familiar examples may include laughter with your family, discussing politics, listening to your favorite music, and watching crimes being solved on a TV show like NCIS Read more
Today, Signia (formerly Siemens) unveiled the Signia Pure® 13 BT, the company’s first Made-For-iPhone (MFi) hearing aid, and the world’s first true telehealth-supported hearing aid with iPhone audio streaming capabilities. The Pure™ 13 BT is also the first hearing aid to use iPhone motion sensors to improve hearing for speech when walking, jogging, or in the car, and reportedly the first hearing aid to provide both “high-definition binaural hearing” and Bluetooth® audio streaming (from a connected device). Read more
Starkey Hearing Technologies is upgrading its Halo and Muse hearing aids with its next-generation Acuity OS2 sound-processing solution, an improved TruLink 4.0 smartphone app, the new SurfLink Mini Mobile streamer, and a rechargeable battery option from ZPower. Read more
Widex hearing aids have traditionally been the preferred choice for musicians and others seeking superior sound quality. Widex’s newest hearing aid, Beyond, promises to meet consumers’ expectations on sound quality, while also delivering iPhone connectivity, telecoil support, and compatibility with all of Widex’s proprietary wireless devices. Read more
A new generation of rechargeable battery technologies promises to make life easier for hearing aid consumers in 2017. When two new rechargeable hearing aid models and an innovative new retrofit rechargeable battery system hit the market in late 2016, consumers finally got a choice of options as easy and convenient to charge as your cell phone. Read more
Today, the FDA issued the “Immediately in Effect Guidance Document: Conditions for Sale for Air-Conduction Hearing Aids,” which effectively ends federal enforcement of the hearing aid medical waiver. For those in the dark, the hearing aid medical waiver is a waiver that may be signed in lieu of having the required pre-hearing-aid-purchase medical evaluation. Read more
