Hearing News Watch

EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA – Starkey had the privilege of hosting a group of local Special Olympics athletes and their families, along with leaders from Special Olympics Minnesota, in its U.S. Bank Stadium turf suite for the Minnesota Vikings®. In addition to watching the game from one of the closest suites in the NFL, the group was visited by the Minnesota

BRIDGEPORT, WEST VIRGINIA – Nardelli Audiology today announced that it has been selected for a Synchrony Pillars Project grant. Launched in 2016, Synchrony’s small business grant program has honored entrepreneurial retail owners and health and wellness providers who have risen above in times of change. As a Pillars Project grant recipient, Nardelli Audiology received $10,000 and consulting services for digitally

Since the new FDA regulations for over-the-counter hearing aids went into effect last month, there have been many questions and comments about them. Such questions as: How might OTC devices differ from prescribed hearing aids? Where can consumers buy these products? What exactly do the regulations say about how they are to be manufactured and sold? Rather than reading long,

WHITE BEAR LAKE, MINNESOTA – Envoy Medical® Corporation, a hearing health company focused on providing innovative technologies across the hearing loss spectrum, today announced the first patient has been enrolled and implanted in the Acclaim® Cochlear Implant early feasibility study at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. The surgery marks a key milestone for Envoy Medical on the road toward bringing

Portuguese researchers have proven that hearing assessment in early-age infants can help predict milestones and early detection of neurodevelopmental disorder markers. Several studies suggest that the brain’s response to different auditory stimulus intensities in newborn babies can provide important information about basic auditory sensory processing skills, with cascading effects on aspects such as behavioral organization, social involvement and, consequently, language

EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA – Starkey Chief Health Officer, Archelle Georgiou, MD, has been named a 2022 Women’s Health Leadership TRUST Award winner in the Health and Wellbeing category. This local award honors Minnesota women in healthcare who are boldly advancing the industry, in addition to caring for the wellbeing of individuals, organizations, and the community.   “I want to congratulate Archelle on this

NEW YORK and SANTA MONICA — Tuned, an online hearing health company, and MusiCares®, the leading music charity supporting the health and welfare of the music community through preventive, emergency, and recovery programs, today announced a partnership that will bring comprehensive hearing care to MusiCares’ clients across the U.S. Tuned and MusiCares Partnership Music industry professionals are a uniquely vulnerable population, with hearing loss having

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – CaptionCall has always been part of the Sorenson family, a leader of inclusive communication services for Deaf, hard-of-hearing, and diverse people. As Sorenson expands its technology and services across the globe, CaptionCall, the industry leader in no-cost telephone captioning for people with hearing loss who need captions to use the telephone, launches a campaign to

MONTPELLIER, FRANCE – Sensorion (FR0012596468 – ALSEN), a pioneering clinical-stage  biotechnology company which specializes in the development of novel therapies to restore, treat and prevent within the field of hearing loss disorders, today announces that the initiation of a Proof of Concept (PoC) clinical trial of SENS-401 (Arazasetron) in patients with Cisplatin-Induced Ototoxicity (CIO) has been approved by regulatory authorities

VALENCIA, CALIFORNIA — Cochlear implant maker, Advanced Bionics, announced the launch of an emotional patient ‘connection’ campaign. Following the successful launch of their Naída CI Marvel for adults and Sky CI Marvel for children in 2020, this new campaign is designed to “highlight the human truth that our lives are enriched and fulfilled by deep and meaningful connections with those