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A website devoted to hearing products, technologies, and companies

I'm David Copithorne, and I have been blogging at Hearing Mojo for more than 15 years. I focus on the products, technologies, and businesses that are transforming one of the world's most important industries. I base my reporting on more than 20 years of my own progressive hearing loss—from mild loss to total profound deafness—and on my experience using and writing about all levels of hearing assistance along the way.

Today's hearing aid companies are building on decades of innovation to deliver a new generation of products that will help the world's hundreds of millions of people suffering from hearing loss. Given this recent acceleration of hearing industry research and development, investment in innovative new companies, and the proliferation of new products and technologies, I feel I'm only just getting started.

Reporting on unprecedented growth and change

The hearing industry is undergoing an epochal transition. New technologies delivering higher performance at lower costs are providing more and better assistance to people with hearing loss than ever before. Among many other things:

  • Artificial intelligence is enabling breakthroughs in the age-old problem of hearing speech in noise;
  • Bluetooth connectivity is giving hearing aid users new superpowers;
  • Brain science research is unlocking the mysteries of hearing, cognition, aging, dementia, and decline; and
  • Deregulation is opening the spigot of new investments in over-the-counter hearing aid products.

At Hearing Mojo I am provide current news about prescription hearing aids, over-the-counter hearing aids, and other hearing solutions along with deep dives into the products, technologies, companies, and people responsible for moving the industry forward through a period of unprecedented disruption. 

Actionable insights for decision-makers

Hearing Mojo content is mainly for decision-makers and investors who need perspective and actionable insights on:

  • Products powered by emerging technologies that promise to alleviate the suffering inflicted by hearing loss,
  • Industry news to provide the story behind the story of the companies and institutions responsible for delivering care to the hundreds of millions of people with untreated hearing loss worldwide, and 
  • People—the innovators, change makers, executives, investors, caregivers, researchers, and others—who are meeting the challenges of an industry that has been historically slow to change.

What was once a sleepy industry dominated by a few manufacturers is now serviced by hundreds of innovative new companies. But resistance to change, from both institutions and individuals, has hindered progress.

My goal is to unpack these stories in ways that shed light on the opportunities to break the bottlenecks hindering faster progress, to accelerate growth, and to deliver life-saving solutions to the people who need them most.

Let me know your thoughts—and subscribe!

The most gratifying element of this blog has the feedback and interaction I have with a community of like-minded readers. Those who've read Hearing Mojo for a long time will see I've relaunched it in the fall of 2024 with a new look and a new, tighter focus on product, technology, and the hearing industry. I'd love to hear your thoughts and especially to welcome you as a subscriber.

Best regards,

Dave Copithorne