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
Phonak Rounds Out Spice Platform Family With Entry- And Mid-Range Hearing Aids Plus Phonak CROS Solution For Single-Sided Deafness
Phonak today expanded its array of products based on its new Spice sound processing platform with the entry-level and mid-range Cassia and Solana hearing aids as well as the new Phonak CROS solution addressing the problem of single-sided deafness. Phonak's Spice Generation platform, introduced last Fall, provides a much smaller, faster processor along with numerous wireless … [Read more...] about Phonak Rounds Out Spice Platform Family With Entry- And Mid-Range Hearing Aids Plus Phonak CROS Solution For Single-Sided Deafness
ReSound Donates Hearing Aids To Help America Hear Program
If you can't afford hearing aids but need them, you may still be able to get them if you qualify. The Foundation for Sight & Sound is partnering with leading hearing-aid manufacturer ReSound to beef up its Help America Hear Program to provide more free hearing aids and proper hearing-aid fittings to people who can't afford them. ReSound, the exclusive supplier of hearing … [Read more...] about ReSound Donates Hearing Aids To Help America Hear Program
How Much Government Regulation Should There Be Of Noise And Hearing Loss In The Workplace?
Manufacturers of personal hearing protection solutions are missing an opportunity by not raising their voices to be heard in the debate over government regulations limiting noise in the workplace. When two U.S. Senators this week persuaded the U.S. Labor Department to back off from proposed rule changes that would have required large and small companies to more aggressively … [Read more...] about How Much Government Regulation Should There Be Of Noise And Hearing Loss In The Workplace?
Siemens Considers An Unfriendly Takeover Of Leading Hearing Aid Retail Chain HearUSA
Siemens AG is considering expanding its footprint in the hearing-aid industry with a potentially unfriendly takeover of HearUSA, one of the largest hearing-aid retailers in the United States. Siemens last year moved to exit the industry when it put its Siemens Hearing Instruments subsidiary up for auction but subsequently reversed course and recommitted to its hearing-aid … [Read more...] about Siemens Considers An Unfriendly Takeover Of Leading Hearing Aid Retail Chain HearUSA