Oticon's ConnectLine communication devices have made it easier for users of hearing aids to listen to their Apple iPods and personal MP3 players, their TVs, and their Bluetooth mobile phones for a while now. But with yesterday's introduction of the Oticon ConnectLine personal microphone, you'll finally be able to hear your dinner companion as well, even in a noisy … [Read more...] about Oticon’s New ConnectLine Microphone Completes End-To-End Connection Between Hearing Aids And Your Conversation Partner
ALDs
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
Hamilton CapTel Offers 800i Captioned Telephone With Free TV Ears Thrown In For Only $99
Want to save $600 and get two of the hottest assistive listening devices (ALDs) available? Hamilton Relay's Hamilton CapTel business unit is making a limited-time offer for its CapTel 800i captioned telephone, bundled with a TV Ears system, for only $99 combined. Hamilton CapTel has been special-offering its $595-list-price 800i captioned telephone system for $99 for a while, … [Read more...] about Hamilton CapTel Offers 800i Captioned Telephone With Free TV Ears Thrown In For Only $99
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
Amplicom Enters North American Market With PowerTel 500 Amplified Phone For Consumers Who Need Hearing Assistance
Amplicom, the German supplier of amplified telephones and other assistive listening devices (ALDs) for hard-of-hearing consumers, has entered the North American market with first shipments of its family of PowerTel corded and cordless amplified phones. Amplicom USA, based in New York, said the new phones meet the Telecommunications Industry Association's TIA-1083 hearing-aid … [Read more...] about Amplicom Enters North American Market With PowerTel 500 Amplified Phone For Consumers Who Need Hearing Assistance