The wireless features in the new GN ReSound Alera family of hearing aids, which start shipping this week, are very similar to those found in several other high-end hearing aids already announced by other manufacturers. But, taken together, they help set the bar higher for premium hearing aids and assistive listening devices in general. The only question is how much better the … [Read more...] about GN ReSound Alera Arrives With Wireless Features Setting The Bar Higher For Premium Hearing Aids
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As The Economy Turns: Audiology NOW! Exhibitors Promise To Feed Hearing-Aid Market Turnaround With New Products And Technology
I just arrived in beautiful San Diego to attend the American Academy of Audiology's annual conference, Audiology NOW!, which has become the premier North American showcase for new products and technologies from large and small hearing-aid manufacturers. There seems to be a little more excitement from an industry that has been pummeled by the recession and held to … [Read more...] about As The Economy Turns: Audiology NOW! Exhibitors Promise To Feed Hearing-Aid Market Turnaround With New Products And Technology
Oticon To Double The Processing Power Of Its Hearing Aids With New Flagship ‘Agil’ Family
William Demant Holding Group's Oticon hearing-aid brand is getting ready to introduce a new line of hearing aids with twice the processing power of its current flagship family and a new set of sound processing algorithms that the Denmark company claims will substantially improve users' comprehension of speech in noise. Oticon's new Agil family will be formally launched in March … [Read more...] about Oticon To Double The Processing Power Of Its Hearing Aids With New Flagship ‘Agil’ Family
Rock & Roll Icon Stephen Stills Talks About How Hearing Aids Alleviate His Lifelong Hearing Loss
Oticon USA has used the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock concert to do a nice PR piece on Crosby, Stills & Nash player Stephen Stills, who uses Oticon Dual hearing aids. The group's performance at Woodstock was a centerpiece of the film made about the event and kept their music at the top of the charts for years. Unlike many rock musicians whose first deafness was a … [Read more...] about Rock & Roll Icon Stephen Stills Talks About How Hearing Aids Alleviate His Lifelong Hearing Loss
Phonak Aims Its Colorful New Audeo Hearing Aids At Aging Hipsters
There’s a marketing bug going around the hearing-aid industry. First Oticon caught it with its Delta hearing aids, whose array of pop colors would have made Andy Warhol proud. Now Phonak has caught the bug with its Audeo hearing aids, which come in 15 hues ranging from “Crème Brule” (brown) to “Pinot Noir” (crimson) to “Pure Passion” (red) to “Green with Envy” (light green). … [Read more...] about Phonak Aims Its Colorful New Audeo Hearing Aids At Aging Hipsters