Hearing Technologies

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – Packetcraft®, a global leader in Bluetooth® embedded stacks and software solutions with more than 100M enabled devices, is showcasing Bluetooth LE Audio and Auracast™ broadcast audio this week at CES on the show floor and in private suites.  Some demonstrations being shown include:  Sonical’s Bluetooth LE Audio Headphone 3.0 ‘apps for your ears’  wireless audio processing

BOULDER, COLORADO — With over 50 years of onsite experience working with industrial, military, recreational, music and tactical accounts E.A.R., Inc. has created a new internet extension to its marketing services known as the Ear Protection Store. According to the company, “in this store we only display the standout products that have been carefully selected by our expert staff of

NEW YORK – Kick-starting the brain’s natural ability to adjust to new circumstances, known as neuroplasticity, improves how effectively a cochlear implant can treat hearing loss, a new study in deaf rats shows. Researchers say the investigation may help explain why some implant recipients respond so much better to treatment than others. Unlike hearing aids, which amplify, balance, and sharpen

SAN BRUNO, CALIFORNIA — Edge AI innovator Femtosense announced the arrival and successful testing of its first silicon, substantiating the start-up’s assertions that it will deliver “significantly more efficient, lower cost and real-time AI processing for valuable and affordable consumer electronics”. At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas January 5-8, 2023, Femtosense will demonstrate enhanced audio applications built with the

ITASCA, ILLINOIS — Knowles Corporation (NYSE: KN), a leading manufacturer of  transducers for hearing aids, today debuts its latest solutions optimized for over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids. The new releases – including a trio of balanced armature receivers and two MEMS microphones – offer performance and design flexibility to accelerate the production of hearing health products.  This announcement follows the U.S. Food

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The ATIS-administered Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) Task Force delivered its Final Report to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).  Achieving the mission set forth in its Charter, the Final Report recommends to the FCC a path to achieving 100% hearing aid compatibility for wireless handsets. In particular, it calls on the FCC to ensure current technology is supported while leveraging

PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA — Responding to the Food and Drug Administration’s recent approval of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids, today HearUSA announced that it will offer Sony’s new over-the-counter hearing aids. The first two models – the Sony CRE-C10 and Sony CRE-E10 – will be available for clients to purchase early next year in all HearUSA centers and online. According

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA — NationsBenefits®, a leading provider of supplemental benefits, flex cards, and member engagement solutions for health plans, and Eargo, Inc. (Nasdaq: EAR), a medical device company on a mission to improve the quality of life for people with hearing loss, today announced a strategic partnership. The partnership will allow health plan members served by NationsBenefits to use

HAUPPAUGE, NEW YORK — Widex today announced that it has been named a CES® 2023 Innovation Awards Honoree* for the company’s Widex Moment smartphone app (iOS and Android), which is the perfect hearing aid companion to Widex Moment and the new Widex Moment Sheer. All honorees and award winners were revealed during CES Unveiled New York on November 16th –

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA — Eargo, Inc. (Nasdaq: EAR) announced this week that Patient Square Capital has become the majority equity owner of the company. Patient Square’s equity ownership of Eargo resulted from the conversion of Patient Square’s senior secured convertible notes per its previously announced investment in June 2022 and following the recent closing of Eargo’s successful rights offering of common