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Professional news from Hearing Tracker staff and other contributors
There is a worldwide shortage of audiologists and others who administer professional hearing care. This article focuses on factors influencing...
Consumers lack a reference or number that indicates hearing loss versus near-normal hearing. And before you say the issue is too complex, there...
These new CARL hearing loss simulation units look to bring better realism, ease-of-use, and accessibility to education, research, and clinical...
CMS is proposing broadened Medicare coverage for cochlear implantation from ≤40% correct to ≤60% correct in the best-aided listening condition on...
Hearing Healthcare and Technology Matters (HTTM) announces a call for submissions for the third annual Hearing Technology Innovator Awards.
The impact of hearing loss is often underestimated. Growing evidence shows that taking steps towards hearing well is linked to a greater state of...
Virto Paradise is custom-made to perfectly fit your ears and listening needs and provides unrivaled sound quality and universal connectivity.
Audiologists often have to make a compromise between the comfort of a more open fitting and the performance in noise provided by a more occluded...
Individuals who exhibit unilateral hearing loss (UHL) and the hearing care professionals (HCPs) who care for them understand that UHL is not half...
Hearing Tracker more than 12,000 hearing aid wearers about the importance to them of a slew of modern hearing aid features. The findings are...
Roger On is a microphone dedicated for all conversations that occur in background noise and over distance. With its ability to distinguish the...
If Eargo Inc.’s recent 2020 financial report is any indication, 2021 may be the year direct-to-consumer (DTC) hearing aid companies emerge as a...
Hear.com plans to introduce a "differentiated and lower cost direct-to-consumer retail model" which does not include appointments with hearing...
All hearing aid manufacturers have a system of offering varying levels of technology. It is a standardised system of 3 or 4 technology levels at...
Today’s patients are living in a socially and technologically complex world. They likely need to move seamlessly between listening environments...
Telehealth technology isn’t new, but its widespread use literally exploded with the COVID-19 pandemic. According to CivicScience data, the number...
Phonak Marvel Bluetooth-compatible hearing aids drove parent holding company Sonova’s growth in the first half of the 2019-2020 fiscal year.
Phonak's eSolutions make it easy for hearing health providers to provide remote care to patients.
Invisible hearing aid maker Eargo recruited top software, marketing, and finance executives who previously worked at Apple, Visa, and Tesla.
The successful launch of Phonak Marvel hearing aids with universal Bluetooth connectivity helped Sonova Group post increases in revenue and profit...
Philips is entering the global hearing aid market with technology supplied by Demant.
YouTube star Dr. Cliff, AuD, takes you on a video tour of the latest and greatest in hearing aids at the annual AAA Conference.
Sandy Brandmeier has stepped up to the role of President of Hearing Instruments Wholesale for Sonova USA.
A technology and design revolution is transforming your grandfather's hearing aids into attractive consumer products that appeal to buyers of any age.
Lantos Technologies is introducing an improved version of its FDA-approved digital ear canal scanner that scans the patient's entire ear in a...
Brian Taylor, AuD, has joined the company as Director, Scientific and Product Marketing to help market its high-end hearing aids in the...
Widex and Sivantos have completed their merger, creating a new global hearing aid company with a new name—WS Audiology. With combined revenues of...
GN Hearing's ReSound and Beltone hearing aid brands continued to build momentum in 2018 on the strength of products based on its new chip...
Hearing Health and Technology Matters (HHTM) is reporting that global drugstore giant CVS has decided to close all its hearing centers.
Made-for-smartphone hearing-aid technology is helping Cochlear Ltd. sell more cochlear implants.
Responding to the clamor for more affordable hearing-loss help, iHear Medical is planning to offer consumers pay-as-you go subscriptions for its...
Is this merger good or bad for hearing aid consumers and the hearing health professionals who serve them?
Dr. Cliff Olson hit the expo hall at AAA Conference 2018 to discover some of the most significant product announcements.
The demise of two well-funded “hearable” manufacturers raises the question of when this new product category will take off.