Global consumer electronics giant Panasonic is using its decades of experience selling hearing aids to its home market in Japan to deliver a complete family of hearing solutions to the North American market for the first time, with its sales roll-out starting this month. Following the company's announcement at the American Academy of Audiology convention in April, North … [Read more...] about Panasonic Rolls Out Family Of Behind-The-Ear And Receiver-In-The-Canal Hearing Aids In North American Market
Hearing Aids
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
Will HearingPlanet Still Give Objective Advice About Other Hearing Aid Brands When It Is Owned By Phonak Parent Sonova?
Audiology Online published an intriguing interview yesterday with a senior executive of the The Sonova Group, parent of the Phonak, Lyric and Unitron hearing-aid brands, among others, on why Sonova acquired HearingPlanet, the popular web site that provides detailed information on multiple hearing-aid brands for potential customers. In the AudiologyOnline Q&A, Sonova Group … [Read more...] about Will HearingPlanet Still Give Objective Advice About Other Hearing Aid Brands When It Is Owned By Phonak Parent Sonova?
Product Review: Songbird Ultra Digital Hearing Aids Are A Good First Step If You Think You Might Need Hearing Assistance
I purchased a Songbird Ultra Digital Hearing Aid over the internet recently and have been trying it out myself and with other users in different listening situations. The good news is that the inexpensive entry-level device is a true open-fit, behind-the-ear digital hearing aid that performs like other comparable low-end hearing-aids. That's also the bad news: because it … [Read more...] about Product Review: Songbird Ultra Digital Hearing Aids Are A Good First Step If You Think You Might Need Hearing Assistance
Starkey Group Enters Invisible Hearing Aid Market Under Five Different Brand Names
The Starkey Group is jumping into the invisible hearing aid market, with five of its brand names selling a tiny new device that fits deep within the ear canal. It also set up a web site, Invisible Hearing Aid.com, to promote what appears to be a common platform product that is being shared by all five Starkey Group companies -- Starkey Laboratories, NuEar, MicroTech, AudioSync, … [Read more...] about Starkey Group Enters Invisible Hearing Aid Market Under Five Different Brand Names