Many of the established players in the hearing industry have long been upset about lack of clarity in the lines drawn between hearing aids, which are regulated medical devices, and personal sound amplification products (PSAPs), which are unregulated. Now three major hearing health organizations are tackling the issue head on by calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration … [Read more...] about Naming Names: Hearing Health Groups Ask FDA To Force Four Personal Amplifier Marketers To Stop Calling Their Products Hearing Aids
Hearing Aids
Wall Street Journal Introduces The World To Personal Sound Amplifiers, The First Step Toward Programmable Hearing Aids
The Wall Street Journal's story on PSAPs (personal sound amplification products) is the best and clearest explanation I've seen of the emerging market for entry-level hearing enhancement devices. It also has an excellent descriptive list of devices in this burgeoning class of products that are the first step for many toward investigation and purchase of programmable hearing … [Read more...] about Wall Street Journal Introduces The World To Personal Sound Amplifiers, The First Step Toward Programmable Hearing Aids
Audicus Makes Waves As CNBC Predicts ‘Startup Boom’ In Market For Affordable Hearing Aids
Audicus, a very cool new company that is one of a select few selling affordable high-quality custom-programmed hearing aids direct to the consumer, was featured yesterday in a CNBC report entitled "The Next Startup Boom: Hearing Aids?" Audicus CEO Patrick Freuler provides the CNBC hosts with background on the rapid increase in hearing loss among consumers of all ages, … [Read more...] about Audicus Makes Waves As CNBC Predicts ‘Startup Boom’ In Market For Affordable Hearing Aids
Oticon Hearing Aids Owner William Demant Reports 9% Unit Sales Growth, Outpacing Sluggish Global Market Growth
Zero revenue growth for the global hearing aid market in 2012? That's among the nuggets in the good-news-bad-news first-half financial report from William Demant Holding A/S, parent of the Oticon and Bernafon hearing aid brands. The good news is the company saw a nine percent increase in unit sales of its hearing aids in the first half of its fiscal year. The bad news is … [Read more...] about Oticon Hearing Aids Owner William Demant Reports 9% Unit Sales Growth, Outpacing Sluggish Global Market Growth
Hansaton’s Jerry Yanz Predicts Hearing Industry Will Get A Charge From Rechargeable Hearing Aids
If you can recharge your cell phone once and it will work for several days, why can't you do the same thing with your hearing aids? Jerry L. Yanz of Hansaton will tell anyone within earshot why. More important, he will tell you how yesterday's inadequate rechargeable hearing aids are being replaced by new rechargeables that actually work the way you do--all day long. Until … [Read more...] about Hansaton’s Jerry Yanz Predicts Hearing Industry Will Get A Charge From Rechargeable Hearing Aids