Hearing News Watch

Editor’s Note: This post was last updated on 7/9/15, following a response from Sonova regarding the accuracy of the story. The company’s response to our story can be read here. Confirming rumors that have had the dispensing community buzzing the past two weeks, multiple sources have now confirmed with this blog that Connect Hearing is, in fact, piloting a partnership with Walgreens in select locations

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND — Audiologists at industry-owned hearing clinics in New Zealand are being accused of exploiting vulnerable and elderly people for the sake of profit. Green Party consumer affairs spokeswoman Mojo Mathers, the country’s only deaf{{1}}[[1]]Mathers was born profoundly deaf, but does lipread and communicate orally in addition to using sign language[[1]] Member of Parliament (MP), expressed her concerns after

By Brian Taylor, AuD If you watch the evening news on broadcast television you are likely well aware of the omnipresence of pharmaceutical advertising. Recently, the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced plans to evaluate if older Americans are able to sufficiently hear the many health risks mentioned in these all-too-common television advertisements. Given the prevalence of hearing loss in

NEW YORK—The profession of Audiology was recently spotlighted among the best jobs in America. According to the editor’s at Time magazine, Audiologist claimed this year’s #1 spot as the best job in America. In the June 25 article, Time’s Maya Rhodan wrote that to determine this year’s “best job”, the magazine analyzed data collected from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and from CareerCast.com on work

SAN DIEGO—Turtle Beach Corporation has announced a distribution partnership with AuDConnex, a major hearing industry buying group, for the company’s soon-to-be-released HyperSound Clear device. The new devices are an industry first technology, and AuDConnex members will have the opportunity to offer the new devices to their patients once it becomes available. Making further inroads into the hearing care community, the company’s latest

BOSTON—A Spanish startup company is hoping to revolutionize the clean energy industry with their newly developed blade-free wind generator. Coming in at half the cost of traditional wind energy turbines, the company claims that the new devices are safer for birds, the environment, and eliminate any risk of noise pollution by operating in silence. After years of being plagued with lawsuits and

Kongebakken, Denmark–Danish hearing instrument manufacturer William Demant Holdings A/S announced the hiring Tuesday of René Schneider, for a newly created position of Chief Financial Officer. It was also announced that Søren Nielsen, the President of Demant’s flagship brand Oticon, was being promoted as Chief Operating Officer for the company. According to the press release, René Schneider comes to Demant from a position as

WASHINGTON — The Committee on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care for Adults has invited knowledgeable individuals to present information at their upcoming meeting on June 30th and July 1st in Washington, DC. The purpose of the meeting is to determine the non-surgical directions and recommendations for people diagnosed with hearing loss, including the meaningfulness of a medical evaluation conducted by a licensed physician (or signed

ATLANTA– Researchers from Georgia State University and the University of Rochester may have found a non-antibiotic alternative to treating middle ear infections. In a study published this month in the Journal of Immunology, the anti-stroke drug vinpocetine showed the ability to improve bacterial clearance, suppress mucus overproduction, and reduced levels of hearing loss in treated mice. Middle ear infections (otitis

Dear Friends, As many of you have already read, I have retired from Hearing Health & Technology Matters (HHTM) after four extremely rewarding years as a founding editor. But before leaving the scene, I have some parting words for our readers, whom I have been writing for and about for longer than I could ever have imagined.   A COMMUNITY OF