All items tagged with audiology (27)

GN Introduces New AI-Powered Hearing Aids with LE Audio and Auracast

August 14, 2025 by Joao Martins

GN Introduces New AI-Powered Hearing Aids with LE Audio and Auracast

GN Hearing announced the launch of ReSound Enzo IA (and the Beltone Boost Max S equivalent hearing aids), offering improved ability to enhance speech, especially in noisy environments, using real-time adaptive processing and more precise beamforming. The new design is promoted as the "world's smallest rechargeable" Super Power hearing aid, offering "a huge leap forward in sound quality for people with severe to profound hearing loss." It also offers Bluetooth LE Audio and Auracast— something that should be totally standard in 2025.

2025 AES International Conference on Headphone Technology, Finland - Program Now Online

August 12, 2025 by audioXpress Staff

2025 AES International Conference on Headphone Technology, Finland - Program Now Online

The Audio Engineering Society promotes two major conventions every year, one in Europe and another in the US. And yet, its themed conferences, some happening only every two years, are by far the most insightful and successful events, as seen particularly with the recent Automotive Audio events and, of course, the Headphone technology conferences. The next one is scheduled to take place in Finland, in the same Aalto University where the 2023 AES Europe conference was so successfully held.

Dr. Michael Santucci Receives NHCA Lifetime Achievement Award for Contributions to Hearing Conservation and Music Audiology

March 28, 2025 by audioXpress Staff

Dr. Michael Santucci Receives NHCA Lifetime Achievement Award for Contributions to Hearing Conservation and Music Audiology

The National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA) has honored Dr. Michael Santucci, Au.D., Sensaphonics founder and president, with its Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to hearing conservation and music audiology. Recognizing a breadth of extraordinary accomplishments in hearing loss prevention and in service to the NHCA, this rarely bestowed award was presented to Dr. Santucci during the NHCA 2025 Conference in Charleston, SC, at a ceremony held on February 8, 2025.

Harman Opens Consumer Audio Engineering Lab in Denmark and New Factory in Thailand

June 21, 2024 by Joao Martins

Harman Opens Consumer Audio Engineering Lab in Denmark and New Factory in Thailand

Harman International Industries has opened an Audio Engineering Lab in Kvistgaard, Denmark, aiming to research and develop new headphone audio technologies. Harman's newest audio lab, dedicated to hearables development, is the first of its kind in Europe, benefiting from pool of audio and acoustic engineers that graduate from Denmark universities, among other advantages. Harman also announced a new manufacturing facility in Thailand, to support Harman's portfolio of automotive and components solutions.

Estron Accelerates Time to Market with Advanced Cable and Connector Solutions

October 23, 2023 by Joao Martins

Estron Accelerates Time to Market with Advanced Cable and Connector Solutions

Estron, the Danish manufacturer of high-quality wire, cable, and miniaturized connector solutions, showcased the company's newest solutions for hearing aids and audiology at the recent EUHA 2023 congress in Nuremberg, Germany. Making its debut was es-Hear, a complete off-the-shelf plug cable and RIC (Receiver-in-Canal) solution using a plug-and-play micro connection. And Estron showcased its latest multipole micro connector that supports its patent pending 8 conductor solution.

Digital Signal Processing for Over-The-Counter Hearing Aids

March 2, 2023 by Alexander Goldin

Digital Signal Processing for Over-The-Counter Hearing Aids

I wrote a whitepaper looking at the principles of digital signal processing, algorithms,and software that improve hearing for people with hearing loss. This article is intended as an introduction. The complete whitepaper is available for download. The inspiration for this whitepaper comes from the World Health Organization's recent World Report on Hearing (WHO), which shows that 1.5 billion people worldwide have some degree of hearing loss and 430 million people need rehabilitation services. Shockingly, less than 3% (on average worldwide) use hearing aids.

Serving a Purpose: OTC Hearing Aids, Hearing Enhancement, and Brands

August 25, 2022 by Joao Martins

Serving a Purpose: OTC Hearing Aids, Hearing Enhancement, and Brands

If you are an audio industry professional, unless you have been on holiday on some remote island without Internet, you must have noticed that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finally issued the long-expected rule establishing Over-the-Counter (OTC) hearing aids - five years after the original OTC hearing aid act was signed into law on August 18, 2017. Will hearing aid companies really adjust and understand "consumer" behaviors? How do hearables fit in that environment? Could these products be influenced by "brand loyalty"?

Bose Self-Fitting Hearing Aids Are Now Lexie Hearing Aids Powered by Bose

July 27, 2022 by Joao Martins

Bose Self-Fitting Hearing Aids Are Now Lexie Hearing Aids Powered by Bose

Bose Corporation and Lexie Hearing, a direct-to-consumer hearing aid provider in the United States and 39 other countries, announced a partnership to bring Bose’s self-fitting hearing aid technology to the Lexie Hearing product line. The new Lexie B1 Hearing Aids will be marketed as "Powered by Bose," allowing wearers to fit, program, and control their hearing aids with clinically proven, audiologist-quality results — without a doctor visit, hearing test, or prescription.

July 1, 2022 by Joao Martins

AHead Simulations Releases Audio CARL Manikin for Hearing Healthcare

AHead Simulations, a young company from Canada, released CARL, an advanced universal, multi-functional head manikin designed for a wide variety of tasks within hearing healthcare including training, research, and product demonstrations. Following years of research, validation, and multiple iterations, AHead Simulations arrived to its current Audio CARL manikin, made directly from patient scans, with easily replaceable realistic soft ears.

GN Hearing Introduces ReSound ONE Behind-the-Ear Hearing Aids

February 7, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

GN Hearing Introduces ReSound ONE Behind-the-Ear Hearing Aids

GN Hearing unveiled a new product that delivers on the convergence between consumer electronics and audiology solutions. The new ReSound ONE Behind-the-Ear hearing aids combine the best technologies from both fields, in order to provide clarity in sound and convenient hands-free phone and FaceTime calls from iPhone and iPad. The ReSound ONE hearing aids are targeted at those with moderate to severe hearing loss.

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