Hearing Technologies

At a recent meeting, a group of audiologists were sitting around talking about their experiences with the new rechargeable hearing aids.  A question came up about safety and handling of the hearing aids powered by rechargeable batteries.  Specifically, a question was asked about mailing aids for repair as well as packing them or accessories in suitcases for travel.  The following

Eargo, the Silicon Valley-based hearing aid maker, announced an all-new hearing device this week: Eargo Neo. The company, which last year received a $45 million dollar investment for “product innovation, market expansion and branding”, has been manufacturing and selling rechargeable, direct-to-consumer hearing devices since 2015. The Neo now represents the 3rd generation of hearing devices produced by the company.   Eargo Neo: All New

At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Widex has been named a Best of Innovation Awards Honoree for its new Evoke hearing aid featuring revolutionary fuel cell technology, Widex Energy Cell. The new fuel cell technology represents an industry-first and according to the company, the new hearing aids utilize the world’s smallest commercially available fuel cell. The

Jabees has announced the launch of BHearing, a new PSAP device aimed to provide hearing assistance for people with mild to moderate hearing loss. The company unveiled the device at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. BHearing is said to be “a combination of Hearing Amplifier (PSAP), Wireless Music Streaming and Bluetooth Handsfree device, saving you

At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Starkey Hearing Technologies announced enhancements to its recently released Livio AI hearing aid. Among the announced features is the first-ever Fall Detection and Alert capability within a hearing aid. Heart Rate Measurement and a built-in Virtual Assistant were also included in the release. The new highly-anticipated Fall Alert feature is said

Earlier this month, Microsoft announced that both PowerPoint and Skype will be getting real-time captions and subtitles beginning in 2019. The intention of the new feature is to be more inclusive and allow individuals that are deaf or hard of hearing the ability to more easily follow presentations in PowerPoint or spoken audio during Skype calls. The captions are said

Oticon announced this week that its Opn Custom hearing aids are now available through the Veterans Affairs Administration, Department of Defense and other federal agencies. The company now adds five new custom styles, including the smallest hearing aid style Oticon has ever produced.  All Oticon Opn devices use BrainHearing™ technology, in addition to fast and precise processing technology “to support

Swiss hearing aid maker, Sonova, announced that it has licensed and deployed the CEVA RivieraWaves Bluetooth IP in the company’s latest iteration of its SWORD (Sonova Wireless One Radio Digital) hearing aid chip, dubbed SWORD™ 3.0.  The new SWORD™ 3.0 chip is the first and only hearing aid radio chip to fully support direct binaural streaming of audio content and phone

Oticon Kaizn, said to be “the world’s first personal AI assistant for your ears”, has received a 2019 CES Best of Innovation Award in the Software and Mobile Apps category, and has been named a CES Innovation Honoree in the Tech for a Better World category. According to the company announcement, the new AI-powered tool “brings to fruition the promise

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