Now that private equity firm CID Capital has made a major investment in Westone Laboratories, watch for the Colorado company turn on the burners with a further expansion of its hearing-assistance products into new consumer markets beyond the hearing-aid industry. Not that long ago, Westone was little more than a staid maker of ugly but essential custom ear molds for hearing … [Read more...] about Private Equity Investment Positions Westone Labs To Drive Growth In Consumer Hearing Device Markets
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CES Preview: Will 2012 Be The Year Of The Personal Sound Amplification Product (PSAP)?
As hearing-aid technologies go mainstream, more traditional niche manufacturers are making a leap and attending the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the monster trade show held in Las Vegas every January that displays the wares of thousands of consumer brands. In 2012, I'll be looking for examples of new Personal Sound Amplification Products (PSAPs), which are just like hearing … [Read more...] about CES Preview: Will 2012 Be The Year Of The Personal Sound Amplification Product (PSAP)?
TV Ears Aims At Sweet Spot Of Assistive Listening Device (ALD) Market By Bundling TV Amplifier With Captioned Phone and Hearing Aids
George Dennis, the entrepreneur who founded TV Ears in 1998, has plans to address hearing-assistance needs well beyond the company's initial target market of consumers needing help hearing the TV. This month TV Ears announced its "3D" strategy in which it will bundle different sets of assistive listing devices (ALDs) -- including the TV Ears wireless TV amplifier, the … [Read more...] about TV Ears Aims At Sweet Spot Of Assistive Listening Device (ALD) Market By Bundling TV Amplifier With Captioned Phone and Hearing Aids
Product Review: Amplicom PowerTel 500 Cordless Phone Combines Land-Line Clarity With Wireless Convenience
I have been using the Amplicom PowerTel 500 cordless telephone for a month, and it's the first cordless handset I've tried that works well enough with my hearing aids to combine the superior clarity of a land-line phone with the portable convenience of my wireless cellular phone. It also combines amplification and sound-shaping features for hearing-impaired users with all the … [Read more...] about Product Review: Amplicom PowerTel 500 Cordless Phone Combines Land-Line Clarity With Wireless Convenience
Harvard Health Study Finds 20 Percent Of U.S. Adolescents Have Significant Hearing Loss–But Will We Do Anything About It?
Researchers at Harvard University and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston have concluded that nearly one in five American adolescents suffers from the same degree of hearing loss comparable to the age-related loss normally found in adults in their '50s and '60s. And people immediately are pointing the finger of blame at all the usual suspects: rock concerts, cell phones, and … [Read more...] about Harvard Health Study Finds 20 Percent Of U.S. Adolescents Have Significant Hearing Loss–But Will We Do Anything About It?