Hearing Aids
HearUSA Banks On Exclusive AARP Contract To Put Hearing Aids In Millions Of U.S. Baby Boomers’ Ears
HearUSA Markets Hearing Aids To 40 Million U.S. Baby Boomers Who Belong To AARP HearUSA may have found its key to success in retail sales of hearing aids with its exclusive contract with AARP, the 40-million member organization for Baby-Boomer Americans aged 50 and above. In its second-quarter financial report this week, HearUSA said the nationwide roll-out to AARP members... Read more
GN ReSound Expects To Increase Its Share Of The Global Hearing Aid Market After A Slow Two Years, But Industry Growth Remains Anemic
GN ReSound Reported Flat Sales For Q2 But Predicts An Increase In Hearing Aid Market Share This Year More evidence of a turnaround in worldwide sales of hearing aids came with GN ReSound’s announcement of improved financial results today, but overall growth in the industry remains anemic. GN ReSound, one of the six largest global hearing aid makers, announced flat organic... Read more
New ‘Buy A Hearing Aid’ Web Site Provides Good Information On Hearing Aid Brands Along With Referrals To An Audiologist Near You
Buy a Hearing Aid.com Provides Information On Hearing Aids And Referrals To Local Audiologists There is a new web site devoted to helping hearing-aid buyers sort through what products on the market will best meet their needs and find a reputable audiologist nearby who can help them. Buy a Hearing Aid provides detailed information about the major hearing aid brands and makes... Read more
U.S. Hearing Aid Sales Recovery Stalls In Second Quarter Of 2010 Even As Veterans Administration Fits More Hearing Aids Than Ever
Are we in for a double-dip recession in the hearing-aid business? According to the most recent analysis of U.S. hearing aid sales by the Hearing Industries Association (HIA), the number of hearing aids sold in the U.S. only grew by 2.9 percent in the second quarter of 2010. When you exclude an 11.6 percent increase in units bought by the U.S. Veterans Administration (VA), which... Read more
GN ReSound Alera Arrives With A Dose Of Hyperbole, But Wireless Features Set The Bar Higher For Premium Hearing Aids
The GN ReSound Alera Hearing Aid Family Sets The Bar High For Next-Generation Wireless Features The wireless features in the new GN ReSound Alera family of hearing aids, which start shipping this week, are very similar to those found in several other high-end hearing aids already announced by other manufacturers. But, taken together, they help set the bar higher for premium... Read more
Panasonic Rolls Out Family Of Behind-The-Ear And Receiver-In-The-Canal Hearing Aids In North American Market
The Panasonic Hearing Aids Team Is Rolling Out A Complete Product Line In North America Global consumer electronics giant Panasonic is using its decades of experience selling hearing aids to its home market in Japan to deliver a complete family of hearing solutions to the North American market for the first time, with its sales roll-out starting this month. Following the company’s... Read more
Will HearingPlanet Still Give Objective Advice About Other Hearing Aid Brands When It Is Owned By Phonak Parent Sonova?
Will A Sonova Group Acquisition Affect HearingPlanet's Objectivity About Other Hearing-Aid Brands? Audiology Online published an intriguing interview yesterday with a senior executive of the The Sonova Group, parent of the Phonak, Lyric and Unitron hearing-aid brands, among others, on why Sonova acquired HearingPlanet, the popular web site that provides detailed information... Read more
Product Review: Songbird Ultra Digital Hearing Aids Are A Good First Step If You Think You Might Need Hearing Assistance
Songbird Ultra Is A True Digital Hearing Aid That Is Easy To Buy Over The Internet I purchased a Songbird Ultra Digital Hearing Aid over the internet recently and have been trying it out myself and with other users in different listening situations. The good news is that the inexpensive entry-level device is a true open-fit, behind-the-ear digital hearing aid that performs... Read more
Starkey Group Enters Invisible Hearing Aid Market Under Five Different Brand Names
The Starkey Group Has A Multi-Brand Marketing Strategy For Its Invisible Hearing Aids The Starkey Group is jumping into the invisible hearing aid market, with five of its brand names selling a tiny new device that fits deep within the ear canal. It also set up a web site, Invisible Hearing Aid.com, to promote what appears to be a common platform product that is being shared... Read more
ReSound Alera Hearing Aids Provide Wireless Connectivity To TV And Mobile Phones
GN ReSound Unite Assistive Listening Device (ALD) Accessories Communicate Wirelessly With New ReSound Alera Hearing Aids GN ReSound’s new flagship family of Alera hearing aids will provide wireless connectivity directly with mobile phones and television sets equipped with ReSound’s new Unite assistive listening device (ALD) accessories. Like other new wireless ALD... Read more
VitaSound Neuro-Compensator Applies Brain Science To A Unique And Potentially Revolutionary New Sound Processing System For Hearing Aids
VitaSound CEO Gora Ganguli Shows Off His Company's New "Neuro-Compensator"-Based Hearing Aid VitaSound Audio, Inc., a young hearing-aid company in Canada, has come up with an entirely new approach to sound-processing software for hearing aids that could fundamentally change the way we think about compensating for damaged hearing. I got a demo of VitaSound’s... Read more
‘Invisible Hearing Aid’ Pioneer Lyric Hearing Is Fast Out Of The Gates In A Market That Is Sure To Draw Plenty Of Competition
"Invisible" Extended-Wear Lyric Hearing Aid Sits Deep Within The Ear Canal Lyric Hearing is only a few years old, but the “invisible hearing aid” pioneer is first out of the gate in a market that is sure to attract plenty of competition. Lyric Hearing Aids are tiny devices placed so deep within the ear canal that it is truly impossible to see them. Because... Read more
