Hearing News Watch

NHS, UK private market and Irish market hearing instrument sales were down in the second quarter of this year compared with Q1, but volumes were still higher than the equivalent quarter in the previous three years. According to the report by the British Irish Hearing Instrument Manufacturers Association (BIHIMA), it could be that the market is starting to see a

STAFA, SWITZERLAND – Sonova Holding AG today announces the agreement to acquire the HYSOUND Group, one of the leading nationwide chains of audiological care clinics in China. The HYSOUND Group will significantly enlarge Sonova’s store footprint and direct consumer access in this fast-growing market, by adding around 200 clinics in over 20 provinces and more than 70 cities across China.

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK – The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced yesterday the regulation enabling access to Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids for millions of Americans. GN shares this ambition to bring hearing support to the millions in the US who have mild or moderate hearing loss but no hearing aid. Accordingly, GN confirms today its intention to launch Jabra Enhance Plus,

NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT — Auditory Insight, a leading consultancy for the hearing healthcare industry, has created a proprietary process for calculating the OTC hearing aid market size. Developing addressable market size has new urgency now that the FDA has released a final rule for a new OTC hearing aid category. The final rule contains the product specifications required to size the market.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a final rule to improve access to hearing aids which may in turn lower costs for millions of Americans. This action establishes a new category of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids, enabling consumers with perceived mild to moderate hearing impairment to purchase hearing aids directly from stores or online retailers without

BALLERUP, DENMARK – GN Hearing today announces the launch of ReSound OMNIA – a new hearing aid platform that “will set a new standard in hearing technology and improve how people interact with the world around them”. The new ReSound OMNIA is said to provide significantly better hearing in noisy environments than any previous ReSound hearing aid.  Despite advances in hearing

FRANKFURT/MAINZ — The program of the 66th International Congress of Hearing Aid Acousticians (EUHA) has been released, debuting a science symposium on Wednesday morning.   The opening ceremony of the Congress will this year be held on Wednesday, 12 October  2022, at 10 a.m. Prof. Dr. Michael Hüther from the Cologne-based German Economic Institute will give the keynote address. This will

VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON — Audigy has announced the launch of a joint venture with Cliff Olson, Au.D., owner of Phoenix-based Applied Hearing Solutions and founder of HearingUp Provider Network. The industry-first partnership, announced this week in Nashville during Audigy’s flagship event, Summit 2022: Elevate, represents the next level of innovation to support, sustain, and improve the patient journey by delivering both

CLEVELAND, OHIO – A new Cleveland Clinic study is highlighting the lack of awareness about hearing loss among adults between the ages of 50 and 80 here in the United States. According to the results, only 10% are able to properly identify what’s considered a “normal” range of hearing. “Unfortunately, the results of the survey really weren’t that surprising. They

The long-awaited Over the Counter (OTC) hearing aid regulations appear to have taken a step closer to reality this past week. On August 5th, the White House Office of Management and Budget’s OIRA department (Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs) completed its review of the final rule. According to OIRA, the final OTC rule was found to be consistent with