Absolute Audio Labs Updates Advanced Hearing Enhancement Software
Absolute Audio Labs announced the launch of its third-generation PYOUR Audio advanced hearing enhancement software suite.
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New Circuit Design Could Help Make Wearable Sensors Lighter and More Flexible
The research team believe that the new fabrication process could result in a generation of ultralightweight, flexible electronics for wearables and sensors.
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AG Bell Publishes FAQ Addressing Controversial LEAD-K Bill
In late October, AG Bell and LEAD-K (Language Equality and Acquisition for Deaf Kids) leaders agreed on adaptations to the controversial model LEAD-K bill that the organizations say is designed to allow parents to continue to receive balanced and comprehensive information about language acquisition in and Spoken Language and American Sign Language (ASL) for their children. Last week, AG Bell released an FAQ document further clarifying its position.
IntriCon Adds Power-Efficient Wireless Audio Streaming to Its Hearing Devices
IntriCon has taken another major step forward in its hearing aid and hearables offerings—this time adding audio streaming functionality. IntriCon’s and NXP’s R&D teams merged hearing aid engineering and wireless audio streaming semiconductor technology to deliver hearing aid devices that can stream wireless audio from IntriCon’s wireless accessories. It intends to launch this technology—coupled with a remote microphone—into its Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) and Direct-to-Insurance (DTI) channels in the first half of 2018.
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IntriCon Announces Sales Gains of 29.9% for 2017
IntriCon Corporation, the Minneapolis-based manufacturer of branded hearing aids and hearables including hi HealthInnovations and EarVenture and the new owner of Hearing Help Express, recorded sales of $88.3 million, up 29.9% from $68.0 million in 2016. The company is expanding its manufacturing footprint and is looking ahead to the emerging OTC hearing aid market.
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Widex Announces Official Launch of CUSTOM Hearing Device
CUSTOM is designed to provide flexibility for users with options for a program button, volume control, or both.
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ON Semiconductor to Present Ezairo Pre Suite at EUHA 2017
The wireless-enabled Ezairo 7150 SL is reportedly the first hybrid module to be supported by the Ezairo Pre Suite, with a firmware bundle that is designed to make it easier to build wireless-enabled hearing aids.
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Microson to Present Nanoproof System at EUHA Congress
The Nanoproof is designed to protect hearing aids both internally and externally with a material that is “halfway between a solid and a liquid,” according to the company.
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CIB2 Protein Found to be Part of Sound Wave Translation Process
The findings were published June 29 in “Nature Communications.“ The study is reportedly the first to illuminate in detail how a particular protein, which is known as CIB2, allows hearing to work.
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Bragi Releases the Dash Pro Tailored by Starkey and the Dash Pro Hearables
The two new members of the Bragi family include The Dash Pro tailored by Starkey, “The World’s First Custom-Made Wireless Ear Computer,” featuring a unique, personalized experience, and The Dash Pro, a polished, reloaded, re-engineered sequel to The Dash that continues to press innovation forward.
Read MoreBeltone myPal Accessories Given Edison Award for Innovation
Beltone, Glenview, Ill.—a hearing aid company—and the Edison Awards announced that Beltone’s myPAL accessories were voted a Bronze Winner for innovation.
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Phonak Communications Launches New Features for Roger Earpiece
Phonak Communications, Murten, Switzerland—a telecommunications equipment supplier—has increased the functionality and flexibility of the successful Roger Earpiece launched in 2016 with an unlimited range extension facility, the company announced. From July 2017, it will be possible to have full coverage wherever you are, including across multiple rooms, such as from green room to main stage.
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EnvisionTEC and 3Shape Launch Turnkey System for Printing In-Ear Devices at AudiologyNOW! 2017
EnvisionTEC and 3Shape have jointly announced the launch of a new turnkey system for scanning, modeling, and printing in-ear devices.
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Sensaphonics Announces ‘New Product Release’ on April 1
Sensaphonics announced on April 1 the Perceptuator IEM plug-in accessory, the latest advancement in safe sound for musicians. Designed to make 65 dB sound like 100 dB, Sensaphonics says the Perceptuator plugs directly into your brain, and uses your own powerful sense memories to make you feel like you’re rocking your brains out while delivering studio reference sound quality at safe levels.
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Study Shows Hair Cell Regrowth with New Drug
A new approach, published in “Cell Reports,” to regenerate inner ear sensory hair cells is said to lay the groundwork for treating chronic noise-induced hearing loss by the company, Frequency Therapeutics, and its co-founders who are drawing on research from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), Harvard Medical School, Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary, and MIT. The program is expected to progress to into human clinical trials within the next 18 months.
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Hearing Aid Project Provides No-cost Aids to Those in Need
Hearing Charities of America (HCOA) launched a national program on August 1, 2016 titled the Hearing Aid Project. Since its release, the project has been providing low-income individuals of all ages with no-cost hearing aids across the United States.
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Gaming Technology for Customized Aural Rehabilitation and Hearing Healthcare
Nancy Tye-Murray, PhD, explains how gaming technology—and game-based learning—may play an important role in our future. Dr Tye-Murray describes the clEAR (customized learning: Exercises for Aural Rehabilitation) program and how it works.
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Four Defendants in Starkey Fraud Case Plead Not Guilty
Four of the five prominent hearing industry executives, accused in a recent indictment of defrauding Starkey Hearing Technologies and the company’s owner William (Bill) Austin, have pleaded not guilty. A trial has been tentatively set for December 19, 2016, but may be delayed into 2017.
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