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Jun. 08, 2022

Bluetooth SIG Announces Auracast™ Broadcast Audio, Allowing Unlimited Audio Sharing to Earbuds, Speakers or Hearing Devices

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KIRKLAND, WASHINGTON –The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), the trade association that oversees Bluetooth® technology, today announced a new consumer brand for an upcoming audio broadcasting capability based on Bluetooth technology. This new capability, previously known as Audio Sharing, is now Auracast™ broadcast audio. Auracast™ broadcast audio enables an audio transmitter, such as a smartphone, laptop, television, or public address
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Jun. 07, 2022

Starkey Serves as Exclusive Hearing Health Partner for the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games

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EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA – Starkey is thrilled to serve as the exclusive global supplier of hearing instruments for the Special Olympics Healthy Athletes® Healthy Hearing program at the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games. The games, which began June 5 and run through June 12, are being held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida, and unite more than 5,500 athletes and coaches
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Jun. 06, 2022

Cochlear Implants and the Continuum of Care: Interview with Donna Sorkin

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Donna Sorkin is the Executive Director of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance (ACIA), a multidisciplinary group that advances access to cochlear implants through research, advocacy and awareness.    In this episode of This Week in Hearing, she sits down with Brian Taylor for an interview that touches on the ACIA’s mission, the broadening cochlear implant (CI) candidacy requirements for children
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Jun. 06, 2022

2022 Hearing Technology Innovator Awards – Call for Submissions

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Jun. 06, 2022

Ida Institute Founder and Managing Director, Lise Lotte Bundesen to Retire

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NAERUM, DENMARK – Ida Institute Founder Lise Lotte Bundesen will retire from her role as Managing Director in July 2022. During Bundesen’s 15-year tenure, the nonprofit institute’s impact and influence has grown exponentially. Ida tools and resources are now used in AuD programs around the world, more than 14,000 professionals have taken the institute’s online training, and the nonprofit has
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Jun. 04, 2022

Children who attend schools with more traffic noise show slower cognitive development

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Jun. 03, 2022

University of Oldenburg Receives Funding to Develop ‘Smart’ Hearing Aids

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Intelligent hearing aids that work even in difficult acoustic environments – that’s what researchers at the university are working on in the Collaborative Research Center “Hearing Acoustics”. The German Research Foundation is now funding the project for another four years. Smart hearing aids that adapt to the individual needs of the user: for the last four years, the researchers of
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Jun. 02, 2022

“Hear Well” Campaign Launched to Promote Value and Expertise of Hearing Professionals

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Jun. 01, 2022

Starkey’s Evolv AI is Honored as an iF Design Award Finalist 

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EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA – Starkey’s newest and most advanced line of hearing aids, Evolv AI, is proud to be named a 2022 iF Design Award finalist in the Medical/Health category. As one of the world’s most prestigious design awards, this international competition recognizes excellence in design, and is a badge of quality for consumers and the design community alike.    “Congratulations to the Starkey
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Jun. 01, 2022

Online Hearing Aid Accessories Retailer Launches App

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Online retailer Hearing Aid Accessories has announced the launch of their “one-of-a-kind app” which is said to be the first retail app in which to purchase hearing aid accessories. Designed specifically for those who have, or are at risk from hearing loss, the app is essentially a comprehensive repository of products and information alike with everything one might need to