VitaSound Audio Inc., the Canadian hearing aid company known for its sophisticated Neuro-Compensator sound processing software, is taking its high-end technologies into the consumer market with a new personal sound amplifier. The new VitaSound Personal Audio Enhancer (PAE-300) is a multifunction amplifier that conditions and clarifies environmental sound as well as TV, phone … [Read more...] about VitaSound Puts High-End Hearing Aid Technology In A New PSAP
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New Etymotic Earphones For Kids Make It Safe To Listen To iPods, iPhones And Other Apple Products
There's been a lot of publicity about the damage iPhones, iPods and other MP3 players can do to your kids' hearing but less about the many solutions. So it's good to see Etymotic, the Illinois maker of earphones, headsets, high-fidelity ear plugs and other hearing assistance technologies promoting its "Safe-Listening Earphones for Apple products" at the annual International … [Read more...] about New Etymotic Earphones For Kids Make It Safe To Listen To iPods, iPhones And Other Apple Products
CES Preview: Will 2012 Be The Year Of The Personal Sound Amplification Product (PSAP)?
As hearing-aid technologies go mainstream, more traditional niche manufacturers are making a leap and attending the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the monster trade show held in Las Vegas every January that displays the wares of thousands of consumer brands. In 2012, I'll be looking for examples of new Personal Sound Amplification Products (PSAPs), which are just like hearing … [Read more...] about CES Preview: Will 2012 Be The Year Of The Personal Sound Amplification Product (PSAP)?
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