Hearables are about to hit retirement homes, thanks to an ambitious new initiative its creators call Hearables for All. Spearheaded by the Front Porch Center for Innovation and Wellbeing, the 12-month-program will let hearing-impaired elders try out the latest Internet and smartphone-enabled personal sound amplification (PSAPs) devices. Read more
The main dining room at this high-end venue where guests were seated at tables for ten was a perfect storm of poor acoustics. The wooden dance floor from end to end, metal and prefab structures, and the decorated ceiling bore no evidence of buffering in a room that was as tight as a refrigerator with its door closed. Read more
The SnowOwl is a great product for people that occasionally have issues understanding speech-in-noise. This will occur mostly in noisy environments like restaurant, bar or party. As a wearable, you can carry it on your wrist, put it on a table, and clip it to your clothes. Read more
It’s that time of year again – summer’s heat recedes followed by the crisp air of Fall and the start of a new school year. My kids always complain, but secretly I think they are happy to return to the familiar routine and friendly faces of friends and teachers. Read more
Hearing aids are now so sophisticated that they have features hardly anyone but audiologists are aware of, much less understand. Most of us just want to put them on and be able to hear, but like any device, the more you know the more you can benefit. This is as true of hearing aids as it is of smartphones and computers. In fact, the latest hearing aids are mini-computers. Read more
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
