Whisper Launches Third Major Upgrade to Its Learning Hearing Aid System
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – Whisper today released its third upgrade for its flagship product, the Whisper Hearing System. Unlike traditional hearing aids, the Whisper Hearing System is a “hearing aid that gets better over time”. Today, Whisper released an upgrade to its proprietary, AI-based Sound Separation Engine that creates more contrast between voices and background…
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OrCam Hear Device Uses AI to Improve Hearing Aid Performance in Noise
OrCam Hear, a new wearable device for people with hearing loss, was recognized this past week with a “Best of Innovation” award at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The soon-to-be launched wearable device developed by the Israeli company, OrCam, is said to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve the performance of Bluetooth-enabled…
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Oticon Kaizn, Personal AI Assistant, Wins Two 2019 CES Innovation Awards
Oticon Kaizn, said to be “the world’s first personal AI assistant for your ears”, has received a 2019 CES Best of Innovation Award in the Software and Mobile Apps category, and has been named a CES Innovation Honoree in the Tech for a Better World category. According to the company announcement, the new AI-powered tool…
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SoundSense Learn: Machine Learning Revisited and Initial Data Findings
by James W. Martin, Jr, AuD, and Oliver Townend Artificial intelligence (AI) seems to be appearing everywhere. For example, BMW and Mercedes are pairing humans with machines to accomplish tasks in the automotive industry that in the past would have been impossible when performed by either in isolation (Daugherty, 2018). This enables flexible human-machine teams…
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Starkey Unveils the New Livio AI Hearing Aid
In late august, Starkey Hearing Technologies finally unveiled the company’s much-talked about, Livio AI hearing aid, what the company has dubbed as the world’s first Healthable™ hearing aid. In an innovative and unique approach to hearing technology, with the help of integrated sensors and artificial intelligence, the new devices are “the first to track physical…
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Why Artificial Intelligence is Coming to a Hearing Aid (and Audiology Practice) Near You, Part 2
Five-Year Outlook in the Hearing Aid Industry What will the next five years look like in the hearing aid industry, and how does artificial intelligence (AI) fit into the future of hearing care? There are several factors that will influence the hearing aid industry over the next five years to drive hearing aid prices…
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