Hearing Technologies

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Jul. 20, 2020

Alango Introduces EasyWatch™ Technology for Improved TV Listening Experience

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EasyWatch is a new technology from Alango that personalizes the TV watching experience to enhance intelligibility of dialogue: the video is slowed to match the pace of the audio, maintaining synchronization of the audio and video streams. Alango EasyWatch technology has been developed to address a common complaint among television watchers: difficulty understanding speech in TV programs. Several factors may
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Jul. 14, 2020

Signia Launches New Styletto X Hearing Aids

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Signia today announced the launch of Styletto X. With this innovative new device, the world’s first SLIM-RIC form factor pioneered by Signia is now available on the Signia Xperience platform.   Styletto X offers the “most complete hearing experience, combining one-of-a-kind style that patients desire with the uncompromised technology that hearing care professionals demand. This highly sophisticated hearwear™ improves listening in
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Jul. 08, 2020

WIDEX MOMENT™ Hearing Aids Now Available

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HAUPPAUGE, NEW YORK — Danish hearing aid maker Widex today announced the availability of its new WIDEX MOMENT hearing aid, which offers the industry’s “most natural hearing experience by combining the latest in AI and machine learning with two ultra-fast signal pathways”. According to Lise Henningsen, Global Head of Audiology at Widex, this next generation introduction addresses one of the
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Jul. 07, 2020

Olive Smart Ear: Hands-On Review

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Olive Smart Ear is a sleek, single-ear amplifier designed for people with mild to moderate hearing loss that was made to “remove the stigma of impaired hearing”. The device, which was unveiled at CES in Las Vegas earlier this year, was named a CES 2020 Best Wearable award winner. Olive says its smart ear is designed to enhance hearing for
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Jul. 06, 2020

Cochlear Receives FDA Approval for Kanso 2, Off-Ear Implant Sound Processor with Direct Smartphone Connectivity

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The FDA approval also includes extending the Nucleus 7 Sound Processor to the first U.S. cochlear implant recipients, Custom Sound Pro fitting software to enhance support for hearing professionals
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Jul. 04, 2020

Lively Launches Rechargeable Hearing Aids

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Last week, direct to consumer hearing aid brand Lively began selling a new rechargeable hearing aid model. The company, which launched in January 2019, sells privately labeled ReSound hearing aids along with a remote (telehealth) care package. Users can take Lively’s online hearing assessment, meet with an audiologist face-to-face via video conference, and receive a premium hearing aid – all
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Jun. 27, 2020

Nuheara IQBuds2 MAX: Hands On Review

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The company’s latest generation devices are built upon Nuheara’s new technical platform, offering a number of improvements and features to personalize the user’s listening experience.
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Jun. 15, 2020

AllClean UV-C®: A New Standard for Clinical Headphone Care

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While good hygiene practices have always been important in the office and clinic, the arrival of COVID-19 has amplified that need to a much greater extent. Since 1992, Ear Technology Corporation has been the market leader for hearing aid and cochlear implant dryers, many of which utilize UV-C light for sanitization. Building on that history, we are introducing Ear Technology’s
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Jun. 09, 2020

iHEAR Medical Launches Free Home Hearing Test

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SAN LEANDRO, CALIFORNIA — iHEAR® Medical announced today the launch of the Free @Home iHEARtest™ campaign, offering consumers the ability to test their hearing for free at home with the company’s FDA approved home hearing screener. The iHEARtest™ is said to rapidly profile hearing ability based on guidelines by the World Health Organization (WHO). The new campaign targets adults who
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Jun. 02, 2020

Apple Research App Adds ‘Speech in Noise’ Test to Hearing Study

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CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA — This week Apple released a new update to its Research App, which includes a new ‘Speech in Noise’ test as part of the Apple Hearing Study, which was included as part of the original Apple Research App launch in the fall of 2019. The Hearing Study was launched as part of a collaboration with the University of