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Ear Device Patents for June 2022
Minding Our Auditory Manners OtoUSA’s patent #1367348 aims to outfit traffic signals to automate... Read More
Ear Device Patents for May 2022
Just doin’ their thangs Amazon and Apple came up with earbud designs this month... Read More
Ear Device Patents for April 2022
Among the many interesting patents in this month’s list, Oticon’s #11297444 for a Hearing... Read More
Ear Device Patents for March 2022
Avocado oil is advocated for heart health; also for treating osteoarthritis. Now, add hearing... Read More
Ear Device Patents for February 2022
Ear Device Variety The January 2022 patent post highlighted sensors loaded onto ear... Read More
Back to the Future Part IIIa: Technology is a Double-Edged Sword
This series checks in on predictions made by Lars Kolind in the late 1990s,... Read More
Back to the Future: What Would Jack Say?
This series checks in on predictions made by Lars Kolind in the late 1990s,... Read More
Back to the Future Part II: New Competitors Bring New Pressures
Back to the Future posts consider hearing healthcare predictions of Lars Kolind (Oticon) in... Read More
Troll Thoughts,Troll Tallies
Regular readers of Hearing Economics are familiar with the ever-lengthening list of hearing aid... Read More
Survival of the Fittest Audiologists
Last post introduced readers to Tom Northey and his 2000 forecast of Audiology... Read More
With a Tale, Forsooth, Northey Cameth Unto Us
The Tom Northey series concludes today, wrapping up his 2000 treatise forecasting the future of our... Read More
US Hearing Device Patent Approvals for May and June 2014
Being an Audiologist wandering through the Wonderful World of Patents is like Alice tumbling... Read More
Creative Destruction and the Hearing Care Professional as Entrepreneur
Editor’s Note: Brian Taylor, AuD, returns as a Guest Editor this week to, introduce... Read More
Survival of the Fittest Audiologists
Last post introduced readers to Tom Northey and his 2000 forecast of Audiology... Read More
US Hearing Device Patent Approvals for September and October 2014
The list of US patent approvals in the hearing industry grows longer with each... Read More