Hearing Technologies

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA — Starkey Hearing Technologies has announced that the company’s Livio AI hearing aid has earned a place on TIME’s 2019 list of best inventions in the accessibility category. A widely recognized and prestigious designation, this list highlights inventions that are making the world better, smarter and even a bit more fun. TIME uses a rigorous, multi-step process to

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — SonicCloud Mobile Streaming is the latest  innovation from SonicCloud, the San Francisco-based audio enhancement company whose mission is to make hearing technology truly accessible to the hundreds of millions of people who live with hearing loss. Up until now, people with hearing loss have had a tough time listening to and understanding podcasts, radio stations, music,

Hearing aid maker Signia (a brand of WS Audiology A/S) today announces the general availability of its latest hearing aid innovation, the Pure® Charge&Go X. Built upon the recently launched Signia Xperience platform, the new devices “provide wearers with superior hearing even when in motion – all in a sleek, rechargeable hearing aid”. Pure Charge&Go X is a receiver-in-canal (RIC)

SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY – Oticon Xceed, the world’s most powerful hearing aid, is now available through the Veterans Affairs Administration, Department of Defense and other federal agencies. Built on the Velox S™ platform, the new power hearing aid  features BrainHearing™ technology “proven to deliver better speech clarity and better short-term recall while reducing the listening effort people with severe-to-profound hearing

CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA — Apple today announced the company’s third generation of wireless earbuds: AirPods Pro. The newest AirPods feature Active Noise Cancellation and “superior, immersive sound in an all-new lightweight, in-ear design”.   The AirPods Pro are available to order on apple.com and the Apple Store app beginning today and will be available in stores starting Wednesday, October 30. “AirPods

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA — Energous Corporation (Nasdaq: WATT), the developer of WattUp®, a revolutionary wireless charging 2.0 technology, has announced a partnership with ZPower, the world’s only developer of silver-zinc microbattery technology, to develop WattUp-enabled ZPower rechargeable microbatteries. Designed for small electronic devices, such as hearing aids, ZPower’s rechargeable silver-zinc batteries are the smallest, safest and highest energy density rechargeable

Working with clinicians from Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School, a team of EPFL researchers has developed a conformable electrode implant that will allow people with a dysfunctional inner ear to hear again. This new device could replace existing auditory brainstem implants, which have a number of shortcomings. Close to half a million people around the world suffer

SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY — Sonic Captivate™ and Sonic Trek™, the newest innovations on the Sonic SoundDNA platform,  will be on display at the 2019 European Union of Hearing Aid Acousticians (EUHA) Congress in Nuremberg, Germany, October 16 – 18. The three-day EUHA conference, the audiology industry’s largest event, attracts thousands of hearing care professionals from around the world.  At the

FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSSETTS — Bose has confirmed that the company will end sales of its noise-masking Sleepbuds and is now offering owners of the hearable devices a full refund. The company had originally launched the buds following a highly successful campaign on Indiegogo in 2018, with thousands of backers.  John Roselli, general manager at Bose, offered an explanation as to why

SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY — Sonic introduces new Trek™ BTE Super Power (SP) and Ultra Power (UP), the most powerful hearing aids built on the company’s SoundDNA platform. Designed to address the greater auditory demands of users with severe-to-profound hearing loss, Trek “provides natural sound while, at the same time, controlling environmental noise for greater comfort”. The new lineup features Sonic’s