With its new Z Series hearing aids, Starkey Hearing Technologies has improved wireless connectivity between its hearing aids and peripheral audio streaming devices. The company said its new 900sync™ technology utilizing the 900 MHz transmission band enables more robust sound and "virtually drop free" streaming into the hearing aids from a normal range of five meters or less. … [Read more...] about Starkey Z Series Hearing Aids Improve Wireless Communication
Hearing Aids
Why Aren’t Hearing Aids Leading The Wearable Electronics Market?
Some soothsayers are predicting 2015 will be the Year of Wearable Electronics, with one research firm forecasting double-digit global market growth to $8 billion by 2018. But in the cascade of new wearable products -- smart wristwatches with built-in sensors, web-connected glasses with tiny online cameras, wrist-bands that monitor your every move, "e-textile" outerwear with … [Read more...] about Why Aren’t Hearing Aids Leading The Wearable Electronics Market?
Siemens ‘Smart’ Hearing Aids Feature Streamer With Android and iPhone App
Siemens Hearing Instruments is smartening up its product line at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show with new "smart hearing aids" featuring iPhone and Android apps enabling users to control their listening experience through the Siemens EasyTek Bluetooth audio streamer. The new EasyTek streamer hangs from a neck loop and transmits audio from iPhone and Android … [Read more...] about Siemens ‘Smart’ Hearing Aids Feature Streamer With Android and iPhone App
New ReSound Android App Controls Hearing Aids
ReSound, which was first to market with a Made-for-iPhone hearing aid last year, now is introducing Android smartphone connectivity with a new app that enables Samsung Galaxy S5 users to control their hearing aids with their phones. Introduced at the International CES conference in Las Vegas, the ReSound Smart app™ performs basic tasks such as setting volume levels on ReSound … [Read more...] about New ReSound Android App Controls Hearing Aids
Phonak Audeo V Hearing Aids Are Based On More Powerful Chip Set
Phonak's new Audéo V receiver-in-the-canal (RIC) hearing aid family is powered by the company's new Venture chip technology that offers twice the processing power while reducing battery consumption up to 30 percent. Available in four new styles and in four performance levels, the Audéo V hearing aids feature a new AutoSense OS feature that automatically adapts the … [Read more...] about Phonak Audeo V Hearing Aids Are Based On More Powerful Chip Set