Category: Technological Progress

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Augmented Reality – A Blast from Our Past

Holly Hosford-Dunn Audio Devices / Audiology / Augmented Reality (AR) / Class 1 Medical Device / GN Store Nord / Hearing Aid Manufacturers / Hearing Aid Patents / Hearing aids / Intelligent Headset / Jabra / PSAP / Soundhawk / Technological Progress / Technology

Recent patent and Hearables posts alluded to augmented reality (AR) without defining the term.  Audiologists think of “AR” as a professional activity called Aural Rehabilitation, not a recreational activity like Augmented Reality. If we think of augmented reality at all,  it’s as  an iTunes app to beam us off the transporter pad with William Shatner.  Unbeknownst to most…

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And They’re Off! US Hearing Aid Device Patent Activity for January-February 2015

Holly Hosford-Dunn 6 Comments Audio Devices / Audiology / Big 6 / Capital-biased / Class 1 Medical Device / Class II medical device / Dianne J Van Tasell PhD / GN Resound / Hearing Aid Manufacturers / Hearing Aid Patents / Hearing aids / Hearing Apps / Oticon / Phonak / ReSound / Samsung Electronics Co. / Siemens / Sonova / Starkey / Technological Progress / Technology / United Healthcare / United States Office of Patent & Trademark Office / USPTO / Widex / Zounds Hearing Inc

Amidst all the crowd-funded Hearable hype, with Nanoplug coming unplugged and others sure to follow, the Big 6 and a few well-seasoned companies and visionaries continue to quietly and efficiently amp up technology for ear-level applications.  Today’s lengthy list of new patents in the last half of this post shows the Big 6 firmly in…

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US Hearing Device Patent Approvals for September and October 2014

Holly Hosford-Dunn Audio Devices / Audiology / Big 6 / Capital-biased / China / Class 1 Medical Device / disruptive Innovation / disruptive technology / Entrepreneurism / factors of production / GN Resound / Hearing Aid Manufacturers / Hearing Aid Patents / labor force / Oticon / Phonak / Siemens / Starkey / Technological Progress / Technology / United States Office of Patent & Trademark Office / US Patents / USPTO / Widex / Zounds Hearing Inc

The list of US patent approvals in the hearing industry grows longer with each bi-monthly period.  The Big 6 are well represented, but new players continue to enter the arena.  Inventor-owned patents are a rarity these days, accounting for just 10% of all new patents, down from 25% in the past.  In his new book, The…

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Coffee Enhanced Audiology: Drink to Your Wealth

Holly Hosford-Dunn Academy of Doctors of Audiology / American Academy of Audiology / ASHA / Audiology / Audiology Membership Organizations / Caffeine / Capital / Coffee / Competitive Market / disruptive Innovation / Economics / Enrico Moretti PhD / Entrepreneurism / factors of production / GDP / Hearing Aid Manufacturers / Hearing Aid Patents / Hearing aids / Hearing healthcare / International Coffee Day / Labor / Location / Productivity / Technological Progress / Technology

International Coffee Day, September 29, is when Economists and entrepreneurs give it up to openly worship Productivity by coffee proxy.  Services are open to all Audiologists. Hearing Economics’ annual coffee celebration commences today by ferreting out caffeine/coffee connections to our pursuit of Audiology success and prosperity, saving health and happiness for next week. Success and…

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US Hearing Device Patent Approvals for May and June 2014

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Being an Audiologist wandering through the Wonderful World of Patents is like Alice tumbling down the rabbit hole into Wonderland.  I’m sure it’s better than mushrooms and the supply seems endless. New Patents, Birth Announcements, and Rebirths in WondEAR World   May/June brought a shower of patents having to do with implants, adjustable magnet systems,…

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