Hearing Technologies

Hearing aid maker Signia (a brand of WS Audiology A/S) has launched Signia Xperience, a new platform that introduces the world’s first combination of advanced acoustic sensors with a built-in motion sensor. Signia Xperience hearing aids provide a complete analysis of the wearer’s dynamic soundscape, allowing for automatic adjustments between sounds in front of and all around the wearer for

BALLERUP, DENMARK – A little over a year after announcing a partnership with Google to bring the “full spectrum of direct audio streaming from Android devices to hearing aids”, GN Hearing and Google today announce world-first support for direct streaming from Android™ devices to hearing devices using Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE). This will make GN Hearing the first manufacturer to

BALLERUP, DENMARK – GN Hearing has announced the launch of a suite of new custom-crafted hearing aids. Until now, the ReSound LiNX Quattro technology had only been available in a Receiver-In-Canal style. Now users wanting the same performance and connectivity have the option of a custom solution. According to the company, the custom hearing aids are designed to fit exactly

SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY – Oticon Inc. announced the expansion of the Oticon Velox S™ family of hearing aids, with new adult and pediatric power hearing aids and a new CROS/BiCROS hearing solution. Oticon Xceed, which the company says is “the world’s most powerful hearing aid, gives adults with severe-to-profound hearing loss 360° access to more speech than ever before”. A

STAFA, SWITZERLAND — Phonak has announced that they are extending the benefits of the company’s popular Marvel hearing aid technology to children and infants, with the release of the new Sky™ Marvel (M). The new Sky M was designed and “engineered to provide pediatric wearers the best hearing solution possible for optimal speech and language development as well as speech intelligibility

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – Redux has announced the expansion of their device care footprint into the audiology industry with the launch of the first-of-its-kind drying technology to treat hearing instruments impacted by moisture. Available to audiology and hearing care professionals nationwide, the company says their new solution is a “proven to restore hearing instruments to their peak operational state in about

STAFA, SWITZERLAND — Phonak today announces its Marvel hearing aid solution has won a Gold Stevie Award and was named Innovation of the Year – Consumer Products Industries in the 2019 International Business Awards. According to comments obtained from judges, the Phonak Marvel received top honors for being the world’s first hearing aid to combine universal Bluetooth connectivity, lithium-ion rechargeability,

PLEASANTON, CALIFORNIA — Natus Medical announced this week that Starkey Hearing Technologies is now equipped to receive images from the company’s Otoscan® digital ear scanning device.  “Today marks another important milestone for our customers and all of us at Natus. The Otoscan community of supporting manufacturers is further expanded with the addition of Starkey Hearing Technologies, which represents an essential

A research team, from the University of Sussex, has demonstrated the first sound projector that can track a moving individual and deliver an acoustic message as they move. Dr Gianluca Memoli and his colleagues demonstrated what they believe to be the “world’s first sound projector with an autozoom objective” in a presentation at the 46th International Conference and Exhibition on

In June 2019, Costco released the latest version of the company’s Kirkland Signature branded hearing aids in stores across the United States. The new Kirkland Signature 9.0 (KS 9) is, for the first time, being produced by Sonova, the parent company of the popular Phonak hearing aid brand. The new Kirkland aids are a unique product made specifically for Costco that