One of the biggest stigmas when it comes to hearing aids is their appearance. For years hearing aids have been seen as bulky and clunky devices that people did not want to be seen wearing. As technology has gotten better, hearing aids have gotten smaller. There are now several different option for those hearing aid…
Someone suffering from hearing loss may be suffering from various degrees or types of hearing loss, but the most common is known as high frequency (or high pitch) hearing loss. High frequency hearing loss occurs between 2000 Hertz – 8000 Hertz, leading to difficulty hearing speech in noise, as well as the voices of women…
Scientists at Oregon State University have made an important discovery in relation to gene therapy for Deaf patients, developing a better way to study a large protein essential for hearing, otoferlin. Otoferlin binds to calcium synapses in the inner ear and its mutations are believed to be responsible for congenital hearing loss. “It’s a…
A new app from Oticon will help users track their hearing health along with their physical health. HearingFitness works with a portfolio of Oticon’s connected hearing aids. The app combines the data from the hearing aid with measurements of heart rate, sleep patterns and other health markers available from various wearable devices, providing users with…
Widex announced a completely redesigned Widex CUSTOM hearing aid, powered by a 40% smaller engine compared to the previous models. “Widex CUSTOM delivers a powerful combination of superior sound and perfect fit. Tailored for the individual user, CUSTOM gets its strong performance from the UNIQUE platform – which provides unsurpassed sound performance whether used…
Signia has unveiled a new Nx platform which includes a revolutionary own voice processing (OVP) technology. This unique technology will address a common issue many new hearing aid wearers face when first turning on their instrument – the change in the sound of their own voice. A recent study by Hörzentrum Oldenburg has revealed that…
In the newest Hearing Tracker/UBS Survey, hearing care professionals again rated Oticon tops in patient satisfaction, value, sound quality, ease of use and aesthetics. Oticon earned an impressive 65% rating for patient satisfaction, outdistancing the next two hearing aid brands by nearly 10% in a category that is critical to success for patients and practices.…
ReSound has been acknowledged with two awards at IFA, an annual consumer electronics and home appliances trade show. ReSound returned to IFA this year to demonstrate the recently-launched ReSound LiNX 3D and the ReSound Smart 3D app, a teleaudiology solution that lets users request and receive remote fine-tunings of their hearing aids from their…
A common complaint among hearing aid wearers is distortion, or a “clipping” sound that may be heard when listening to sound at high volume. Older analog hearing aids didn’t experience the clipping, as it is caused by the transfer from analog audio to digital signals. While this process occurs in all modern digital hearing aids,…
The minds behind the BlackCat recently announced that their new product won the 2017 National Science Foundation’s Hearable Challenge. Samplified Audio, led by industry veterans Mario Augustyniak and Mark Kaal, won the Challenge with their newest product called SnowOwl. SnowOwl is designed to give users a personalized audio experience by matching the sound to…