Hearing Technologies

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA — Audien Hearing announced today that its Atom One and Atom Pro 2 over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids will become available this month in Walgreens retail locations and online through walgreens.com and the Walgreens app. This marks the company’s first entry into national retail pharmacy distribution. Beginning in August, Audien’s products will be available in nearly 2,000 Walgreens stores,

EDEN PRIARIE, MINNESOTA – Williams AV, a global leader in assistive communication technology, announced that its Infinium™ broadcast audio system is now shipping. Infinium is one of the first professional-grade solutions to feature Auracast™ broadcast audio, the new Bluetooth® LE Audio technology that is reshaping how people experience shared sound in public spaces. Since its debut at ISE in January

e3 Diagnostics, provider of audiology and balance equipment sales and support, has announced a new partnership with Alliant Purchasing, one of the largest independent Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) in the United States. As part of this collaboration, Alliant Purchasing members—including hospitals, ENT clinics, audiology practices, and physical therapy providers—will gain access to preferred pricing and streamlined purchasing options for e3

The British Irish Hearing Instrument Manufacturers Association (BIHIMA) has released results from the latest EuroTrak UK 2025 survey, providing a timely snapshot of hearing health across the United Kingdom. This year’s findings highlight encouraging trends in satisfaction and quality of life among hearing instrument users. However, they also reveal an ongoing gap in public awareness and only a slight change

BLUFFDALE, UTAH — Listen Technologies, a leading provider of advanced wireless listening solutions for 27 years, announced that the WYO Performing Arts & Education Center (the WYO) in Sheridan, Wyoming, has installed Auri™, powered by Ampetronic and Listen Technologies, to support assistive listening in its Main Stage, known as “Sophie’s Stage.” Originally opened in 1923, the WYO building houses two

Four international start-ups from Germany, Denmark, and Belgium have been selected to present their innovations at the 69th International Congress of Hearing Aid Acousticians, taking place in Nuremberg. AKmira Optronics (Germany) will showcase an optical, non-contact 3D measurement technology for the auditory canal. This novel approach simplifies the production of earmoulds. PERFI Technologies (Denmark), founded by researchers from the Technical University

When 3,500 Americans Say the Same Thing, Something Is Broken More than 3,500 Americans have shared publicly their negative experiences, through Amazon reviews, petitions, audiology offices, and caregiver reports, about one thing: the redesigned packaging of hearing aid batteries. These are not complaints about the batteries themselves but about the hard plastic, scissors-required, injury-prone containers they now come in. The

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA — ELEHEAR has announced the launch of its latest device: the ELEHEAR Beyond Pro. Positioned as the new flagship model in ELEHEAR’s product line, Beyond Pro builds upon the success of the ELEHEAR Beyond and introduces new features, including VOCCLEAR® 2.0 and a dedicated Music Mode. The ELEHEAR Beyond Pro is an over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aid designed

LONE TREE, COLORADO — Cochlear Limited (ASX: COH) has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the Cochlear™ Nucleus® Nexa™ System, described by the company as the world’s first and only smart cochlear implant system.³* Traditionally, cochlear implant recipients have accessed new features primarily through external sound processors. According to Cochlear, the Nucleus Nexa System introduces upgradeable firmware

The environments where hearing aids matter most are often the ones they’ve historically struggled to serve – noisy, chaotic, real-world places where multiple people speak at once and the listener is expected to keep up. For audiologists treating veterans, this problem is even more acute. Veterans bring unique needs into the clinic: high rates of noise-induced hearing loss, elevated prevalence