All items tagged with hearing aids (142)

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"?

Sonova Unveils New Lumity Platform Supporting Improved Directional Beamforming and Speech Recognition in Noise

August 23, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Sonova Unveils New Lumity Platform Supporting Improved Directional Beamforming and Speech Recognition in Noise

Sonova Holding AG, the hearing care solutions company, unveiled its new Lumity platform, which is designed to further improve speech understanding and reduce listening effort in noisy environments. The platform is the result of the Swiss company's latest research to improve conversation support in virtually any situation. This latest innovation builds on the strong success of the Marvel and Paradise platforms and will power the next generation of Phonak hearing instruments.

Unmute the World With Auracast Broadcast Audio

August 18, 2022 by Franz Dugand

Unmute the World With Auracast Broadcast Audio

Following the publication of the full set of LE Audio specifications by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), the industry is now putting together the building blocks that will enabling bringing products supporting the next generation of Bluetooth audio to market. This article explains what is needed and how to support Auracast broadcast audio, a new Bluetooth capability that enables an audio transmitter to broadcast to an unlimited number of nearby Bluetooth audio receivers.

GN Announces Jabra Enhance Plus will Enter OTC Hearing Aid Category

August 18, 2022 by Joao Martins

GN Announces Jabra Enhance Plus will Enter OTC Hearing Aid Category

Following the FDA release of the anticipated Over-the-Counter (OTC) hearing aid regulations, with intent to increase access for people with untreated hearing loss, the GN Group immediately announced its support to that ambition. The market leading group that owns hearing aid brands Resound and Beltone, together with Jabra, the communications and all-in-one hearing enhancement consumer brand, announced that it will seek to register its Jabra Enhance Plus technology as an OTC product.

US Food and Drug Administration Finalizes Rules for Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids

August 18, 2022 by Joao Martins

US Food and Drug Administration Finalizes Rules for Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids

Five years after the original OTC hearing aid act was signed into law on August 18, 2017, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final rule establishing Over-the-Counter (OTC) hearing aids. The FDA also issued the final Regulatory Requirements for Hearing Aid Devices and Personal Sound Amplification Products, clarifying the differences between hearing aids, which are medical devices, personal sound amplification products, and the new category of OTC hearing aids, which can be purchased directly from stores or online.

GN Addresses Hearing Speech in Noise Challenges

August 16, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

GN Addresses Hearing Speech in Noise Challenges

GN Hearing announced the launch of ReSound OMNIA – a new hearing aid platform that the company expects will set a new standard in hearing technology and improve how people interact with the world around them. The new technology provides significantly better hearing in noisy environments than any previous ReSound hearing aid. Coupled with optimal comfort and seamless connection to devices, these advances give people living with hearing loss a solution that will help them hear even the finest details of sound more easily.

USound Introduces Ultra-Compact MEMS Audio Module for Hearables

August 4, 2022 by Joao Martins

USound Introduces Ultra-Compact MEMS Audio Module for Hearables

USound, the Austrian pioneer of MEMS speakers, announced the release of an audio module designed to enhance the performance of true wireless earbuds and hearing aids, enabling new degrees of design freedom. As USound underscores, with this new integrated solution, manufacturers can create more ergonomic and comfortable designs, with extended battery life and audio quality, while the form factor of hearing aids and TWS earbuds can be considerably reduced.

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.

Cirrus Logic Senior Technical Fellow John Melanson Awarded 500th US Patent

July 22, 2022 by Joao Martins

Cirrus Logic Senior Technical Fellow John Melanson Awarded 500th US Patent

John Melanson, senior technical fellow at Cirrus Logic, has been granted his 500th US patent, an achievement that places him among the world’s most prolific inventors. The Academy Award-winning engineer’s core contributions are within the field of audio and electronics, particularly the analog and mixed-signal technologies that have helped transform the analog world around us into the digital signals at the heart of today’s most advanced products.

Bluetooth SIG Announces Completion of LE Audio Specifications

July 12, 2022 by Joao Martins

Bluetooth SIG Announces Completion of LE Audio Specifications

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), the trade association that oversees Bluetooth technology, announced the completion of the full set of specifications that define LE Audio, the next generation of Bluetooth audio - originally announced in January 2020. The release of this set of specifications will finally enable manufacturers to design and release products supporting the full scope of improvements promised for the next-generation Bluetooth audio, including Auracast broadcast audio.

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