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BERLIN, GERMANY — Anker, the global consumer electronics company known for its charging products and Soundcore audio devices, is entering the hearing aid market with new receiver-in-canal (RIC) devices powered by its proprietary THUS AI chip. The company announced the move September 3 as part of a broader series of announcements surrounding IFA 2026 in Berlin. According to Anker’s announcement,

Hearing Health & Technology Matters (HHTM), an online resource for hearing professionals and consumers with hearing loss, has today announced the opening of the public voting period for the seventh annual Hearing Technology Innovator Awards™, an international awards program recognizing technological innovation and achievement across the hearing industry. Now in its seventh year, the program highlights products, services, and technologies advancing

Fortell is taking an unusual path for a hearing aid startup: entering the prescription hearing aid market with proprietary AI technology, its own clinics, and a care model built around audiologists. Shari Eberts speaks with Fortell co-founders Matt de Jonge and Cole Morris about the company’s approach to one of the most persistent challenges in hearing care—understanding speech in environments

MILAN, ITALY — Starkey has announced the appointment of Barbara Zancan as Managing Director of Starkey Italy, where she will oversee the company’s business strategy and operations in the Italian market. Zancan brings more than 20 years of experience in senior leadership roles across the medical device and healthcare sectors, including positions with Medela, Sivantos, and Walgreens. Her experience includes market

TAMPA, FLORIDA — HearUSA announced that the new Signia Pure C&G MaX hearing aids are now available at its hearing centers nationwide, adding Signia’s latest AI-powered hearing technology to the company’s portfolio. Built on the new Signia Multi-adaptive Xperience (MaX) platform, Pure C&G MaX is designed to address challenging listening situations, particularly dynamic group conversations involving multiple speakers and background

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Phonak’s new EON hearing aid platform brings a smaller Sphere design, a new HYPERSONIC AI chip, expanded Spheric Speech Clarity, improved wind noise management, and Auracast connectivity. Andrew Bellavia visits the Phonak EON hearing aid launch at Ravinia Festival near Chicago for an in-depth look at the technology with Christine Jones, Michael Preuss, and Stefan Launer. They explore how a

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — Children with severe hearing loss may benefit from cochlear implantation at younger ages and under broader candidacy criteria than traditionally used, according to a multicenter study led by researchers at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. The findings, published in The Laryngoscope, evaluated the safety and effectiveness of MED-EL cochlear implants in infants younger

Fortell has announced AI 2.0, a software update to its AI-powered hearing aids that the company says improves speech clarity in challenging noisy and multi-talker environments. The update builds on the AI processing platform introduced with Fortell’s hearing aids in December 2025. Rather than introducing new hardware, AI 2.0 uses an expanded set of real-world training data along with updates

SHAKOPEE, MINNESOTA — GN has named Robert (Bob) Eastman Vice President of Government Services for ReSound, where he will lead the team supporting the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Eastman joins GN with extensive leadership experience across the hearing healthcare industry, including senior roles in business development, managed care, and executive leadership. Most recently, he served in several senior