Oticon, Inc. Receives 2022 Angel Award
SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY — Oticon, Inc. was honored with a 2022 Angel Award from the Be An Angel Fund, Inc., a Houston-based charity dedicated to improving the quality of life for children with multiple disabilities or profound deafness by providing adaptive equipment and select services. The annual award recognizes the contributions of people and organizations…
Read MoreKarl Strom Joins HearingTracker as Editor in Chief
HearingTracker has today announced the appointment of Karl Strom as its new Editor in Chief. Strom will join HearingTracker Founder and President Abram Bailey, AuD, and his staff in delivering quality content on the nation’s leading independent shopping resource for hearing aids and other hearing solutions. Strom is the former Editor in Chief of The…
Read MoreApple Sued After Loud Amber Alert on AirPods Alleged to Have Damaged Child’s Hearing
According to a report by Reuters, Apple Inc has been sued by the family of a Texas child who allegedly suffered permanent hearing loss from an Amber Alert on the company’s AirPod wireless earbuds. In the lawsuit filed Monday in San Jose, California, federal court, parents Carlos Gordoa and Ariani Reyes and their son, identified as B.G.,…
Read MoreBeltone Announces Collaborations with Lantos Technologies & OtoSet® by SafKan Health
GLENVIEW, ILLINOIS – Beltone today announced two new opportunities that further elevate their standard of care through collaborations with Lantos Technologies and OtoSet by SafKan Health which Beltone has made available to their independent network of local business owners. By leveraging its nationwide network of independent businesses, Beltone is “able to identify and source technology at a scale and advantageous…
Read More66th International EUHA 2022 Congress and Industry Exhibition to be held in Hanover, Germany
FRANKFURT/MAINZ – Preparations for the International Congress of Hearing Aid Acousticians (EUHA) and the accompanying International Industry Exhibition scheduled to be held in Hanover, Germany, from October 12-14 are in full swing. Demand from exhibitors is high: more than eighty companies have already registered, including numerous new exhibitors. Companies from our industry may still book…
Read MoreBill Austin Receives Career Achievement Award from Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal
EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA – Starkey Owner and Chairman, Bill Austin, has been named this year’s Career Achievement honoree in Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal’s fifth annual Minnesota Manufacturing Awards. The award honors industry leaders that drive the region’s economy and grow their businesses through innovation and strategic evolution. This year, Bill Austin was selected as the one Career Achievement honoree for his professional…
Read MoreNew Ida Institute Resource Aims to Help Build Trust Between People with Hearing Loss and Professionals That Serve Them
NAERUM, DENMARK — The Ida Institute, a global leader in person-centered hearing healthcare, has launched a pioneering resource, ‘Partnering for Great Hearing Care,’ to help hearing care professionals and people with hearing loss build trusting, productive partnerships. Evidence shows that when clinicians and clients trust each other and work together in an active, equal partnership…
Read MoreOto and Tuned Partner to Offer First Reimbursable Digital Tinnitus Support Available via US Health Insurance
LONDON/NEW YORK — Tuned, an online hearing care platform and Oto, a digital health company, have announced that for the first time in the US, digital tinnitus support is available and reimbursed by health insurance. Affecting up to 1 in 7 people worldwide, there is no known cure for tinnitus and it is commonly left…
Read MoreNuheara Names John Luna as Company CEO; Announces Structural Changes to Accelerate Growth
PERTH, AUSTRALIA — Medical device manufacturer, Nuheara Limited (ASX:NUH) has announced a series of structural changes designed to advance the company’s unique and growing US based hearing healthcare market opportunities: The appointment of John R. Luna as its US based Chief Executive Officer; Co-founder and former CEO, Justin Miller, remaining as the company’s Managing Director;…
Read MoreBose to Exit Hearing Aid Market as Company Shutters Health Division
A Boston Globe report on May 3rd confirmed months of rumors circulating in the hearing industry – that the Bose hearing aid division was either closing or shifting its business strategy. According to the report, an independent review of the company’s business strategy indicated in February that the company “should no longer be selling hearing…
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