Some soothsayers are predicting 2015 will be the Year of Wearable Electronics, with one research firm forecasting double-digit global market growth to $8 billion by 2018. But in the cascade of new wearable products -- smart wristwatches with built-in sensors, web-connected glasses with tiny online cameras, wrist-bands that monitor your every move, "e-textile" outerwear with … [Read more...] about Why Aren’t Hearing Aids Leading The Wearable Electronics Market?
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2015 Hearing Industry Outlook: Only The Strong Survive
Happy New Year? It all depends on where you stand in the hearing industry. In 2015, hearing aid manufacturers will continue introducing new products and technologies at an accelerating pace, and legions of new and current customers with hearing loss will win. But with lower prices and sometimes brutal competition, everyone who serves those customers -- from audiologists and … [Read more...] about 2015 Hearing Industry Outlook: Only The Strong Survive
New Class Of Internet-Connected In-Ear ‘Hearables’ Could Become A $5-Billion Dollar Market
By now most people have heard of "wearables," the body-worn Internet-connected devices that perform multiple applications for consumers. Right now the most common of these are wristwatches or wristbands that monitor your vital signs during exercise. One research firm predicts the global market for wearables will grow to more than $30-billion USD by 2018. But don't be … [Read more...] about New Class Of Internet-Connected In-Ear ‘Hearables’ Could Become A $5-Billion Dollar Market
An Independent Siemens Hearing Aid Business Could Be Great For The Hearing Industry
Yesterday's announcement by Siemens that it will spin off its audiology and hearing instrument business as a separate, new publicly held company could be great news for the global hearing aid industry -- but only if an independent, newly energized management team can overcome the complacency that has dogged the Siemens hearing business in recent years. If the new entity … [Read more...] about An Independent Siemens Hearing Aid Business Could Be Great For The Hearing Industry
On Semiconductor’s New Digital Signal Processors Drive Hearing Aid Cost Reduction
With the introduction of two new digital signal processors (DSPs) integrating advanced sound processing functions, On Semiconductor is taking another step in the march to lower-cost manufacturing of both high-end and entry-level hearing aids. The new members of the company's Rhythm family of preconfigured DSP systems for hearing aids integrate 16-channel sound processing … [Read more...] about On Semiconductor’s New Digital Signal Processors Drive Hearing Aid Cost Reduction