Hearing News Watch

GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA — Neurotone AI has launched a new Partner Certification program for hearing care practices and individual providers using its Lace Pro auditory rehabilitation and Tinnitus Pro tinnitus care platforms. The program establishes separate certification pathways for practices and individual clinicians, with the goal of building provider knowledge in aural rehabilitation and tinnitus care while giving participating practices a

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK — Auditdata has appointed Christoffer Spangenberg as Chief Executive Officer, effective September 25, 2026. Spangenberg will succeed Kurt Bager, who is leaving the company to pursue a new professional chapter. Spangenberg currently serves as Chief Commercial Officer and Head of Delivery at Auditdata and has been with the hearing care software company since 2019. During that time, he

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — New Phase 2 clinical data from Japan found that pediatric and adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients receiving PEDMARK® (sodium thiosulfate) following cisplatin chemotherapy experienced a significantly lower rate of hearing loss compared with a prespecified historical benchmark. Fennec Pharmaceuticals announced detailed results from the investigator-initiated STS-J01 study, which are being presented September 17 at

MILAN, ITALY — Amplifon is taking another step toward completing its proposed acquisition of GN Hearing, with the company’s Board of Directors moving to call a shareholders’ meeting to approve the issuance of 56 million new Amplifon shares to GN Store Nord as part of the transaction. The board approved a proposal for a capital increase reserved for GN, which

LYNGE, DENMARK — WSA has appointed Peter Bøggild as its new Chief Financial Officer and a member of the company’s Executive Board & Committee. Bøggild will join the hearing healthcare group no later than December 1, 2026. He succeeds Marianne Wiinholt, who stepped down at the end of August to pursue a portfolio of board and advisory roles. Bøggild joins

HANOVER, GERMANY — The international hearing care industry will gather in Hanover next month for the 70th International Congress of Hearing Aid Acousticians and its accompanying Industry Exhibition. The three-day event is scheduled for October 14–16, 2026, at Deutsche Messe Hannover. Organizers expect the anniversary event to bring together hearing care professionals, researchers, manufacturers, educators, students, and other industry participants

INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA — MED-EL co-founder and CEO Dr. Ingeborg Hochmair has been named a recipient of the Honda Prize 2026, adding to a series of recent honors recognizing the scientists and engineers whose work contributed to the development of the modern cochlear implant. The announcement follows the selection of Hochmair and her husband and MED-EL co-founder, Dr. Erwin Hochmair, as recipients

The British Irish Hearing Instrument Manufacturers Association (BIHIMA) is launching a national awareness campaign aimed at helping people recognize potential signs of hearing loss and encouraging earlier conversations about hearing care. Launching September 14, the Hearing Loss Red Flags campaign focuses on everyday behaviors that may indicate an emerging hearing difficulty, such as increasing the television volume, frequently asking others

A large real-world study of cochlear implant users has found generally high levels of satisfaction with external audio processors, while also identifying a strong association between satisfaction and how long people use their devices each day. Published September 7 in Frontiers in Psychology, the study analyzed responses from 861 cochlear implant users in Germany and the United Kingdom. Researchers examined

MILAN, ITALY — Amplifon has been named to TIME magazine’s World’s Best Companies of 2026 list, marking the fourth consecutive year the hearing care company has been included in the global ranking. The annual list, developed by TIME in collaboration with Statista, evaluates companies across three primary areas: employee satisfaction, economic performance, and transparency around sustainability. The 2026 ranking includes