Hearing News Watch

STAMFORD, CONN. – Synchrony (NYSE: SYF), a consumer financial services company, has announced a new partnership with Audibel to provide CareCredit credit card and installment loan solutions as the preferred financing option online and at Audibel’s retail locations nationwide. Through this agreement, patients will have expanded access to financing for hearing exams, hearing devices, and related accessories. Demand for hearing

EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA – Starkey has released a new episode of Sound Bites featuring Emmy Award–winning journalist and Alzheimer’s advocate Karla Hult, founder of So Many Goodbyes. In conversation with Starkey’s Chief Hearing Health Officer, Dr. Dave Fabry, Hult discusses her family’s experience with Alzheimer’s disease and her own hearing loss. The episode highlights research linking untreated hearing loss to an

FRANKFURT AM MAIN/MÜNSTER – The EUHA app for the 2025 EUHA Congress is now available, offering participants a digital tool to plan their visit to the world’s largest event in the hearing care industry. The app provides access to the lecture programme, stage highlights from the EUHA Live Area, and the exhibition hall plan in Hall 7. Additional features include

STÄFA, SWITZERLAND – Professional soccer player Rylee Foster, a Brand Ambassador and Hearing Health Champion for Phonak, has signed with Dallas Trinity FC, becoming the first athlete with hearing loss to play for a Division I professional women’s soccer team in the United States. Foster, who grew up with hearing loss, has been active in raising awareness about hearing health

MILAN, ITALY – Amplifon, a global provider of hearing services and solutions, has been named to Time magazine’s list of the World’s Best Companies 2025 for the third consecutive year The annual ranking, developed in collaboration with market analysis firm Statista, evaluates companies based on employee satisfaction, revenue growth, and transparency in sustainability practices This recognition adds to a series

FARMINGTON HILLS, MICHIGAN — The International Hearing Society (IHS) has announced the recipients of its 2025 Awards, recognizing professionals for their excellence, advocacy, and contributions to advancing hearing healthcare. Honorees will be celebrated at The Final Riff: An Indy Jazz Soiree, taking place September 20 during the 2025 IHS Conference & Expo in Indianapolis, Indiana. The 2025 IHS Lifetime Achievement

More than 50 doctoral students in audiology from universities across the U.S. attended the 2025 Oticon Audiology Summer Camp, held August 3–7 in Park City, Utah. The annual program, hosted by Oticon, offered a week of education, collaboration, and career development opportunities for emerging professionals. Led by Oticon audiologists, researchers, and industry leaders, the camp is designed to help bridge

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – Beltone has announced the return of its Hear2End Hunger Food Drive, an initiative that seeks to address food insecurity while raising awareness of hearing health. Throughout September, participating Beltone hearing centers nationwide will collect non-perishable food donations. In exchange, donors will be offered free hearing screenings. According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 48 million Americans

AURORA, ILLINOIS – Sonova USA Inc. today announced a leadership transition within its Hearing Instruments (HI) business. Jimena Garcia, formerly Vice President of Marketing Wholesale for U.S. Hearing Instruments, has been appointed Vice President of Commercial Sales. In her new role, Garcia will lead commercial operations for both the Phonak and Unitron brands. The appointment reflects Sonova USA’s ongoing efforts

CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA — Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (NYSE American and TASE: LCTX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing allogeneic (“off the shelf”) cell therapies for neurological and ophthalmic conditions, announced it has entered into a research collaboration with William Demant Invest A/S (WDI). WDI is the holding company for William Demant Foundation’s investment activities and the majority shareholder of Demant A/S,