Hearing Technologies

ISELIN, NEW JERSEY — Signia has announced that its Pure Charge&Go MaX hearing aids are now available through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Department of Defense (DoD), and Indian Health Service (IHS), expanding access to the company’s latest artificial intelligence-based hearing technology. The announcement follows the August introduction of Signia’s Multi-adaptive Xperience (MaX) platform, which incorporates four specialized

STÄFA, SWITZERLAND — Phonak has announced that its EON hearing aid portfolio is now available through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Department of Defense (DOD), expanding access to the company’s latest hearing technology for eligible veterans and active-duty military personnel. The EON platform incorporates Phonak’s newest artificial intelligence-based sound processing technology, including Spheric Speech Clarity 3.0 and

SHAKOPEE, MINNESOTA — GN has announced that its ReSound Sensia hearing aid portfolio is now available to eligible U.S. veterans through Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) audiology clinics and participating care facilities nationwide, expanding access to the company’s latest artificial intelligence-based hearing technology. Originally introduced in the United States in August 2026, ReSound Sensia incorporates GN’s new AI processing platform, designed

SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY — Oticon has announced that its Reveal hearing aids are now available through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) contract, expanding access to the company’s latest hearing technology for eligible veterans. The announcement also highlights additional products in Oticon’s VA portfolio, including CROS RE, Verit, Play SI pediatric hearing aids, and the company’s Zeal in-the-ear hearing

Researchers have demonstrated that experimental light-based cochlear implants can activate auditory neurons with greater frequency selectivity than conventional electrical stimulation, potentially advancing the development of more precise hearing restoration technologies. The findings, published October 22, 2026, in EMBO Molecular Medicine, come from a preclinical study using Mongolian gerbils. The research combined a light-sensitive protein with experimental optical cochlear implants containing

STRUER, DENMARK — SoundInvest, the investment company affiliated with Sound Hub Denmark, has announced the first close of its second venture fund, securing €2.9 million (approximately DKK 21 million) in commitments to support early-stage companies developing technologies involving sound, acoustics, and hearing. The new fund, SoundInvest Fund II, includes investments from existing backers Færchfonden and Vald. Birn Holding, alongside new investor

LONE TREE, COLORADO — Cochlear Limited announced that its Cochlear Nucleus Nexa System has been named one of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2026, recognizing the cochlear implant platform’s ability to support future technology updates within the implanted device itself. The recognition follows the system’s introduction in 2025, when Cochlear unveiled a new implant architecture designed to extend the potential for

STÄFA, SWITZERLAND – Phonak has announced the launch of Roger On Sphere™, a new wireless remote microphone that incorporates deep neural network (DNN) technology to separate speech from background noise in real time. The device brings AI-based speech enhancement to the company’s established Roger microphone platform, with the goal of improving communication in challenging listening environments where hearing aids alone may

LYNGE, DENMARK – Widex, part of WSA, has announced the expansion of its Allure AI RIC hearing aids with Clarity Boost into 15 additional countries, including the United States and major European markets. The expansion brings the company’s dual-processor hearing technology, which combines natural sound processing with user-activated AI noise reduction, to a broader international audience. Alongside the market expansion, Widex

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK — Auditdata has added two independent hearing-care tools to its Measure™ clinical software platform, bringing the new NAL-NL3 hearing aid fitting system and the Oldenburg Matrix Sentence Test into a single clinical workflow. The additions connect two important parts of hearing care: selecting evidence-based hearing aid fitting targets and evaluating how well a patient can understand speech in