Hearing Technology Innovator Awards
Voting is now closed for the 2026 Hearing Technology Innovator Awards™. Submissions receiving the most votes in each category will be declared winners.
Winners will be announced in October 2026. Category winners and the prestigious “Innovator of the Year” award recipient will be recognized during the Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) AuDacity 2026 conference, taking place October 1–4, 2026, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Voting and Awards
Winners will be announced in October 2026. Category winners and the prestigious “Innovator of the Year” award recipient will be recognized during the Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) AuDacity 2026 conference, taking place October 1–4, 2026, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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