Hearing Technologies

by Lisa A. Perhacs, AuD, Sivantos, Inc Hearing loss doesn’t always affect both ears in the same way. In fact, millions of Americans have single-sided or unilateral hearing loss, meaning they have diminished or total hearing loss in one ear. Because they can still hear out of the other ear, many with single-sided hearing loss neglect to address their condition

At this year’s CES convention in Las Vegas, Qualcomm Technologies announced a new low-power chip offering drastically reduce power consumption for high tech wireless earbuds and hearables. The new chip, QCC5100, was engineered to reduce power consumption by as much as 65 percent for voice calls and streaming. However, late last week, Qualcomm announced the release of the QCC3026 chipset

by Eric Branda, AuD Today’s hearing aids include a wide range of features that were unthinkable even a decade ago. Wireless connectivity for streaming TV, music, and phone calls, binaural processing, and remote tuning are just some of the things modern hearing aids can offer. But all of these cutting-edge features require more power consumption to work, putting greater demand

Five-Year Outlook in the Hearing Aid Industry   What will the next five years look like in the hearing aid industry, and how does artificial intelligence (AI) fit into the future of hearing care? There are several factors that will influence the hearing aid industry over the next five years to drive hearing aid prices down, increase the funds available

by Dr. Chris Heddon, Resonance Medical Since the early 2010’s, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have been grabbing headlines in the popular media—this has not been just hype. There has been tangible value creation in terms of market capitalization, user adoption, and our understanding of machine intelligence by companies like Google, Amazon, and Facebook who have invested in

Ever since their initial launch in the fall of 2016, Apple’s wireless AirPods have gone on to be a major success for the company. There have been numerous reports that the devices would be soon getting software and hardware updates in 2018 and 2019, and it was announced this week that as part of Apple’s upcoming iOS 12 software upgrade,

Vanish International announced this week that it has entered into agreement with Oticon Korea to become the exclusive distributor of Vanish–an aftermarket dying product that offers BTE and RIC hearing aid users the option to better match their hearing aids to their skin color–for the nation of South Korea. Oticon, as the sole distributor of Vanish, will be making the

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a common buzzword of late. AI used to be only of interest to bearded computer nerds (me) and fans of sci-fi movies (also me), but the term has now entered the common language and we see newspapers running stories about everyone losing their jobs to smart robots, driverless cars becoming popular and intelligent computers beating

Earlier this month, iHEAR Medical announced its plans to launch over-the-counter (OTC) hearing solutions in major drugstore chains and independent pharmacies across the United States. According to the announcement, iHear will launch TReO, its first “prescription quality” hearing amplifier for OTC market, and the iHearTest home hearing screener, in 500 pharmacies in June 2018. After the initial launch of the

Use of ear tubes – also known as tympanostomy tubes – has been a common solution to chronic ear problems in children for many years. In fact, myringotomy with tube insertion is the most commonly performed outpatient surgery on children in the US. More than 700,000 children undergo the procedure annually. The purpose of tympanostomy tubes is to aerate the