It took a while, but "Made for iPhone Hearing Aids" have finally made it to market with GN ReSound´s introduction today of its new LiNX(tm) hearing aid family. Will the marriage of smartphones and hearing aids jump-start more rapid growth in the global hearing-aid industry? With ReSound LiNX hearing aids, users will be able to stream phone conversations, music and other … [Read more...] about GN ReSound Introduces World’s First ‘Made for iPhone Hearing Aid’
Hearing Aids
hiHealthInnovations Offers Discount On Direct-To-Consumer Hearing Aids
UnitedHealthCare is offering discounts on prescription hearing aids from its hi HealthInnovations subsidiary for customers enrolled in its vision benefit plans. Prices for custom-programmed hearing aids start at $649 each under the discount plan, whereas hi HealthInnovations retail hearing aids start at $749. UnitedHealthcare plan participants and consumers interested in … [Read more...] about hiHealthInnovations Offers Discount On Direct-To-Consumer Hearing Aids
New Starkey 3 Series Family Packs More Punch Into Its Smallest-Ever Custom Wireless Hearing Aids
With the introduction of its new Starkey 3 Series hearing aids, Starkey Hearing Technologies has packed more power into its smallest custom wireless hearing aids. The completely-in-canal (CIC), in-the-canal (ITC) and in-the-ear (ITE) models in the family all feature binaural wireless communication between left and right hearing aids. They also utilize Starkey's BluWave 3.0 … [Read more...] about New Starkey 3 Series Family Packs More Punch Into Its Smallest-Ever Custom Wireless Hearing Aids
MDHearingAid Disrupts Affordable Hearing Aid Market By Adding T-Coils To Its New ‘Air’ Product Line
MDHearingAid has raised the performance bar in the market for affordable hearing aids sold over the internet by introducing a model integrating telecoils to make it easier to use the hearing aids with a phone. The MDHearingAid Air, at $349.99 per hearing aid, is the first entry-level internet hearing aid to provide t-coil functionality. And for a limited time, the company is … [Read more...] about MDHearingAid Disrupts Affordable Hearing Aid Market By Adding T-Coils To Its New ‘Air’ Product Line
Take It From The Hearing Aid Makers: Without Great Design, ‘Wearable Computing’ Products Will Go Nowhere
Google is stoking up the PR for Google Glass, its still-in-development "wearable computing" project that will let you view the web all day long through a tiny computer monitor attached to a pair of high-tech eyeglasses. But like many other tech companies that try to make consumer products, Google is struggling mightily in the design department. It's time they took a closer … [Read more...] about Take It From The Hearing Aid Makers: Without Great Design, ‘Wearable Computing’ Products Will Go Nowhere