Envoy Medical's Esteem hearing-aid implant is a revolutionary new approach to hearing restoration. Completely unlike any other hearing aid or cochlear implant on the market, it provides significant functional and cosmetic benefits: no device is required for the outer ear, so sound is not obstructed as it passes through the ear canal; there is no artificial amplification of … [Read more...] about Invisible Hearing-Aid Implant Developer Envoy Medical Will Answer $140 Million Question This Year
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Phonak Dynamic Soundfield Technology Turns The Classroom Into A Giant Hearing Aid
Soundfield classroom amplification systems have improved the education and lives of thousands of schoolchildren who otherwise would miss valuable instruction simply because they cannot hear their teachers well enough to understand what they are teaching. Now Phonak has put its vast experience designing hearing aids to use with a next-generation soundfield system featuring a … [Read more...] about Phonak Dynamic Soundfield Technology Turns The Classroom Into A Giant Hearing Aid
Two Cheers For On Semiconductor’s Acquisition Of Hearing-Aid Chip Maker Sound Design Technologies
On Semiconductor's recent acquisition of Sound Design Technologies reduces the number of independent manufacturers of digital signal processor (DSP) chips for hearing aids, lessening competition in an industry that is already highly concentrated. Less competition is not a good thing over the long run, because when fewer manufacturers control a market, they can charge higher … [Read more...] about Two Cheers For On Semiconductor’s Acquisition Of Hearing-Aid Chip Maker Sound Design Technologies
VitaSound Neuro-Compensator Applies Brain Science To A Unique And Potentially Revolutionary New Sound Processing System For Hearing Aids
VitaSound Audio, Inc., a young hearing-aid company in Canada, has come up with an entirely new approach to sound-processing software for hearing aids that could fundamentally change the way we think about compensating for damaged hearing. I got a demo of VitaSound's Neuro-Compensator technology several months ago and have been struggling ever since to come up with appropriate … [Read more...] about VitaSound Neuro-Compensator Applies Brain Science To A Unique And Potentially Revolutionary New Sound Processing System For Hearing Aids
Can Hearing Aids Make You Smarter? Research On Cognitive Hearing and Listening Fatigue Says They Can — Is The Industry Finally Listening?
Hearing aid manufacturers have finally started listening to ten years of academic research into concepts known as "cognitive hearing," "listening fatigue" and "cognitive fatigue." It took them long enough, but I'm not complaining, because at least they are finally claiming to attack the problem of hearing loss at its roots. In recent announcements of their next-generation … [Read more...] about Can Hearing Aids Make You Smarter? Research On Cognitive Hearing and Listening Fatigue Says They Can — Is The Industry Finally Listening?