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The new Lumity product line uniquely caters to individuals with severe-to-profound hearing loss, unilateral hearing loss, and pediatric patients, ensuring that everyone can enjoy improved speech understanding and reduced listening effort.
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GN Store Nord has unveiled plans to merge its GN Hearing and GN Audio divisions into a single entity, streamlining governance and bolstering innovation. Peter Karlstromer will become the new Group CEO, overseeing the transition and organizational restructuring, with Gitte Aabo, CEO of GN Hearing, stepping down to pursue a board career. The changes become effective on October 1.
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First-quarter 2023 hearing aid sales statistics from the Hearing Industries Assn. (HIA) were substantially better than anticipated with a 9.1% increase over the same period last year, and HIA members reported 1% of those sales came from the new OTC hearing aid market segment.
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A 40-year veteran and second-generation hearing aid dispenser, Michael Andreozzi will be joining GN Hearing and Beltone as Beltone Brand Ambassador and supporting the growth of its independent network.
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Phonak has announced that its MyPhonak App is now compatible with Phonak's CROS Paradise hearing aids. CROS P wearers can simply download the latest update to their smartphones to instantly pair the myPhonak app with their CROS P system.
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Starkey's CTO Achin Bhowmik, PhD, and Chief Innovation Officer David Fabry, PhD, take a deep dive into the high-tech details of what sets Genesis AI hearing aids apart from the rest: they are built to mimic the brain.
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Reports from the GN Store Nord and its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held this morning indicate the company will need to seek other alternatives than its previous proposal to raise about US$1 billion (DKK7 billion) by issuing new shares. Market analysts say this could include splitting up the company's two divisions (Hearing and Audio) for a sale or merging with Demant or another company.
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Hosted by hearing aid manufacturer Oticon, the two-day conference focused on new research and innovative technology designed to strengthen the ability of hearing care professionals to provide real-world benefits for their patients.
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To mark World Hearing Day 2023, Dr. Dave Fabry sits down for an extended conversation with Dr. Sara Burdak and Michael Scholl on a wide range of topics related to the importance of better hearing.
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U.S. net hearing aid sales in 2022 increased nominally by 0.8% in 2022, or about 36,000 more units than in 2021 when pent-up demand caused sales to surge by 37% following the pandemic—according to statistics from the Hearing Industries Association (HIA), Washington, DC.
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Australia-based Nuheara has announced its HP Hearing PRO self-fitting over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aid is now available through Fuel Medical's 3000 member clinics in the US.
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Signia has expanded its Augmented Xperience (AX) family of products with new extended hearing aid performance levels, an upgraded eWindScreen feature, improved AX Soundscape Processing functionality, and a new Multi Charger charging solution.
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