The hearing aid industry has been historically slow to market its products to consumer electronics enthusiasts. That's why it's good to see a growing number of hearing aid companies submitting their products for design awards and for industry recognition. The world's biggest venue for showing off new electronic products is the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which … [Read more...] about New Hearing Aids From Starkey and Beltone Receive Innovation Honors At Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
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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
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?
Starkey’s S Series iQ Hearing-Aid Family Attacks Hearing-In-Noise Problem
Anyone who has gone to dinner in a noisy restaurant only to discover their hearing aids were amplifying the cacophony to unbearable levels without enabling them to understand their companions at all will bear witness to the fact that better comprehension of speech in noise is the Holy Grail of the hearing-aid industry. The new S Series IQ hearing-aid family from Starkey … [Read more...] about Starkey’s S Series iQ Hearing-Aid Family Attacks Hearing-In-Noise Problem
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