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Apple AirPods Pro 2: Improved Hearing Aid Functionality
AirPods Pro 2 now offer better sound quality, more battery power, and noise cancellation for very loud sounds like sirens.
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News about hearing aids, hearing loss, cochlear implants, and more
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The New FDA Rules for OTC Hearing Aids: What Do They Mean for People with Hearing Loss?
The FDA’s rules for OTC hearing aids promise sweeping changes for hearing healthcare, creating a new class of more affordable and accessible hearing aids. Here's what the rules say and how they will affect consumers with hearing loss.
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FDA Clears Way for OTC Hearing Aids for People with Mild to Moderate Hearing Loss
The FDA's new rules for OTC hearing aids are designed to make amplification devices safe, affordable, and convenient to purchase over the counter and online.
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MDHearingAids Gain FDA Premarket Clearance for Smart Hearing Aids and App
The FDA has announced that Chicago-based MD HearingAid—a manufacturer and distributor of online hearing aids with a professional online support and programming component—gained 510(k) premarket clearance on August 4 for the company’s line of Smart hearing aids and app.
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FDA Final OTC Hearing Aid Rules Move Forward from OMB
The FDA’s final regulations for OTC hearing aids appear to be at or near the publication stage.
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Google Maps Adds Hearing Loops to Website for Hearing Aid Telecoil Users
Google Maps has recently begun including hearing loops in the accessibility information on its website which should prove useful for users of hearing aids and other listening devices the employ a telecoil.
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Lexie Partners with Bose to Offer Lexie B1 Powered by Bose Hearing Aids
The Lexie B1 Powered by Bose hearing aids will employ Bose's previous SoundControl hearing aid technology, allowing people with mild-to-moderate hearing loss to fit, program, and control their hearing aids.
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Trends in Audio Streaming for Hearing Aids and Hearing Aid Compatibility for Wireless Phones
A 10-year snapshot of the availability of telecoil and Bluetooth wireless technologies for hearing aid users. It also shows how the different Bluetooth technologies are becoming more widely employed in hearing aids, and why there is good reason to believe more universal streaming will be available soon.
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MDHearingAid, Nordic Semiconductor and the Bluetooth SIG Demonstrate Auracast™ Broadcast Audio at the HLAA Convention
HLAA attendees were provided with information about Bluetooth's new Auracast™ Broadcast Audio technology by representatives from MDHearingAid, Nordic Semiconductor, and the Bluetooth SIG at last week’s 2022 Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) convention in Tampa, Fla.
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Hearing Aids for Tracking and Improving Your Health: The 2022 Phonak Audéo Fit Media Event
How hearing aids can improve your health and become an important component in tracking health status were the themes of a recent media event held on June 14 by Phonak. The company also highlighted Phonak's newly released Audéo Fit, the first-ever receiver-in-the-canal (RIC) hearing aid that provides users with data about their heart rate.
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Custom Made by ReSound Hearing Aid Launched by GN: Interview with GN Hearing CEO Gitte Aabo
GN Hearing has launched their new rechargeable, iOS- and Android-smartphone compatible, Custom made by Resound hearing aid. Built for all-day use and comfort with a stylish design that resembles earbuds, Custom is a robust, medical-grade hearing aid that complements GN’s new instant-fit solution, Jabra Enhance Plus.
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Bluetooth's Auracast Will Open a New World of Audio for Hearing Aid Users
Auracast™ is important enough that it could completely transform how Bluetooth hearing aids and other listening devices gain access to audio transmissions.