2026 Hearing Technology Innovator Awards - Submissions Now Open
Hearing Technology Innovator Awards
Through the annual Hearing Technology Innovator Awards™, HHTM honors technological innovation and achievement across the hearing industry.
Submissions are now open for the 7th Annual Hearing Technology Innovator Awards™! Companies from around the world are invited to showcase the products, services, and technologies shaping the future of hearing healthcare. Winners will be announced in October 2026 and recognized at ADA AuDacity 2026.
The 2026 awards will be conferred in the following eight categories
- Hearing Aids
- Personal Listening Devices
- Assistive Technology and Software
- Service Delivery
- Equipment
- Auditory Implants
- Hearing Conservation
- Therapeutics
A full list of the 2025 winners can be found here.
Voting and Awards
Following closure of the submission period, nominees will be put up for a public vote in August. Submissions receiving the most votes within each subcategory will be declared winners.
The overall “Innovator of the Year” winner will be determined by an international panel of highly qualified judges, which will decide from among the winners, the submission most deserving of recognition based upon the following criteria:
- Innovation – Technology that represents novel thinking in addressing habilitation of acquired hearing loss, its treatment and delivery.
- Effectiveness – Technological advances that best address limitations of previous generations of technology
- Efficiency – Advances that best close the distance between hearing care and the end-user
- Utility – Innovation that promotes greater ease of use by the end-user and/or practitioner
Winners will be announced in September. Category winners and the 'Innovator of the Year' will be recognized during the Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) AuDacity 2025 conference, held in Washington, D.C., from September 25-28 at the Washington Hilton Hotel.
Past Awards
