Hearing Technologies

LONE TREE, COLORADO — Cochlear Limited (ASX: COH) today announced FDA clearance of the new Cochlear® Osia® 3 Sound Processor, the latest generation of its Osia® bone conduction hearing system.‡ Cochlear’s bone conduction hearing solutions are designed for children and adults with conductive hearing loss, mixed hearing loss, and single-sided deafness (SSD). Key Features of the Osia 3 Sound Processor

LONDON, U.K. — TinniSoothe, the British manufacturer of wearable devices for tinnitus relief, today announced a partnership with the UK Veterans Hearing Foundation, the only UK charity solely dedicated to improving the lives of those affected by hearing issues. The collaboration will make TinniSoothe™ available to more UK military veterans and their family members, helping them better manage the daily

DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA — MED-EL US has announced the consumer availability of its new Standard Pro and Micro Pro rechargeable batteries for the company’s SONNET 2 and SONNET 3 audio processors. The new rechargeable batteries are designed to extend operating time while remaining compatible with MED-EL cochlear implants dating back to 1994, allowing many existing recipients to upgrade without requiring

Qualia Oto has received a $1.84 million Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). The two-year grant will support continued research and development as the company advances toward commercialization of its shape-adaptive polymer technology for cochlear implant electrode arrays and the development of an FDA Device Master File.

GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA — Neurotone AI has announced the addition of the Revised Hearing Handicap Inventory (RHHI) to Lace Pro, providing hearing care professionals with a new way to monitor patient-reported outcomes directly through the Lace Pro patient app. The RHHI is one of the outcome measures recommended in the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) report, Measuring Meaningful

BLUFFDALE, Utah, and NEWARK-ON-TRENT, U.K. — Listen Technologies and Ampetronic have announced two executive leadership appointments, promoting Kevin Jewkes to senior vice president of global revenue and naming Alan Kennedy vice president of operations. The appointments reflect the companies’ continued growth and investment in expanding their global operations and assistive listening solutions. Jewkes and Kennedy will report directly to Ampetronic

AO Technologies, a startup founded by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC), has received an award of up to $3.7 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to further develop a device designed to image the living inner ear. The funding will support continued development of the company’s cochleoscope, an imaging platform intended to provide

ITASCA, ILLINOIS — Knowles has introduced a new hybrid driver architecture designed for over-ear headphones, extending the use of balanced armature (BA) technology beyond its traditional applications in hearing aids, in-ear monitors, and true wireless earbuds. The new design combines a conventional dynamic driver with dual balanced armature drivers, with the goal of improving high-frequency reproduction while maintaining the low-frequency

READING, U.K. — O2 has completed a proof-of-concept trial evaluating new network-based technology designed to improve phone call clarity for customers with hearing loss. The operator partnered with cloud-native network software provider Mavenir to test a capability that works within the mobile network to personalize call audio in real time. Participants continued using their existing phones and mobile numbers while the

Trihear has announced the launch of the ClearTV Series, a new family of wireless TV streamers designed to help people with hearing loss enjoy television more comfortably through a simpler, app-free listening experience. For many older adults, television serves as an important connection to news, entertainment, sports, and family activities. However, TV listening accessories can sometimes be difficult to navigate,