Hearing Technologies

by James W. Martin, Jr, AuD, and Oliver Townend Artificial intelligence (AI) seems to be appearing everywhere. For example, BMW and Mercedes are pairing humans with machines to accomplish tasks in the automotive industry that in the past would have been impossible when performed by either in isolation (Daugherty, 2018). This enables flexible human-machine teams to work in a symbiotic

MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA — The Earlens Corporation announced last week that it has completed an $87 million preferred stock financing round led by a new investor KCK Ltd., a family investment fund. According to the company announcement, the proceeds from this latest round of financing will be allocated to continued product development and the enhanced, 2019 commercial rollout. Additional investors included Exor Seeds and previous investors Lightstone

A New Solution for Mild-to-Moderate Hearing Loss: A Guest Contribution by H.-P. Weihmann. This is an independent review and the opinions and evaluations were conducted by the author   “Not really hearing aids” gone cool   I was lucky enough to get an hour of Dr. Alan Davis valuable time allocated during my visit at the Audiology Now Conference a

STÄFA, SWITZERLAND — Phonak announced today the upcoming release of the all-new Marvel hearing aid family. The soon-to-be-released Audéo™ M will feature the ability to stream audio content seamlessly from iPhone, Android smartphones or any number of other Bluetooth enabled devices to both ears in stereo. According to the company’s press release, the new Marvel hearing aids are rechargeable and

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that it is allowing the marketing of a new hearing device from Bose. According to the announcement, the Bose Hearing Aid is intended to amplify sounds for individuals 18 years or older with perceived mild to moderate hearing  loss. The announcement represents the first time a hearing aid has been authorized

Hearing aid maker, Oticon, announced that it is has expanded its Opn family of devices to include a new range of custom, in-ear devices. The company says its new Invisible In the Canal (IIC) style is the smallest and most discreet device it has made to date. The new custom in-ear devices will join Oticon’s popular behind-the-ear Opn hearing aids

This week Sonic announced the introduction of new custom styles and essential performance levels to its Enchant family of hearing aids. The company’s expanded family of Enchant instruments now includes four custom styles, and five performance levels–adding the new Enchant20 and Enchant40 to Sonic’s existing line-up of Enchant100, Enchant80 and Enchant60 levels of technology. “With our new custom styles and

In late august, Starkey Hearing Technologies finally unveiled the company’s much-talked about, Livio AI hearing aid, what the company has dubbed as the world’s first Healthable™ hearing aid. In an innovative and unique approach to hearing technology, with the help of integrated sensors and artificial intelligence, the new devices are “the first to track physical activity and cognitive health”. The

Signia has announced the release of a brand new rechargeable hearing aid form factor: Styletto.    New Hearing Aid Style, New Charging Paradigm   The new Styletto has been made possible with advanced signal processing electronics and rechargeable technology placed into a ultra-low power circuit board. A pin shaped Lithium-Ion (Li-ion) battery is used, instead of the industry standard “button

GN Hearing has announced the release of the new ReSound LiNX Quattro. The latest iteration of the popular LiNX hearing aid line is said to be powered by new technology, including a new chip platform, and for the first time, offering lithium-ion rechargeable technology. The addition of lithium-ion (Li-ion) rechargeable batteries makes ReSound the third major hearing aid manufacturer to