Listen Technologies Launches Private Channels Feature
The new feature is part of a firmware upgrade to Listen EVERYWHERE, the award-winning wireless system that streams audio and customized content directly to smartphones and smart devices.
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Singular Hearing Launches HeardThat App for IPhone
For those with hearing loss, noisy environments like shops and restaurant patios can make it nearly impossible to hold conversations. HeardThat “turns iPhones into powerful hearing assistive devices to make voices more clear.”
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2018 Harris Communications Catalog Now Available
The 2018 Harris Communications catalog features thousands of assistive products for consumer, business, and educational use, which include hearing loss solutions, signaling systems, and vibrating/flashing/extra-loud alarm clocks.
ASHA Offers Tips for Students with Hearing Loss for Upcoming School Year
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is encouraging teachers and administrators to take steps to meet the unique challenges that new virtual and modified in-person learning environments will pose for children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
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New Circuit Design Could Help Make Wearable Sensors Lighter and More Flexible
The research team believe that the new fabrication process could result in a generation of ultralightweight, flexible electronics for wearables and sensors.
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YouTube to Discontinue Community Captions Feature
Some deaf and hard-of-hearing users object to YouTube’s decision, saying it will hinder accessibility, and are petitioning the company to provide a fix for the issues rather than simply getting rid of the feature.
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Sensaphonics Reopens Chicago HQ
After nearly three months of required closure, all facilities are back in operation, including the Musicians Hearing Clinic and the adjoining manufacturing lab.
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ChatableApps Launches ‘Universal Hearing Aid’
ChatableApps announced the launch of “the world’s first universal hearing aid, using neuroscience-led artificial intelligence to enable those suffering from hearing loss to hear one-to-one conversations clearly, using an everyday smartphone and a standard pair of earbuds.”
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Conversor’s ALDs Can Enhance Effectiveness of Hearing Aids, Cochlear Implants
Designed to increase the effectiveness of hearing aids and cochlear implants, it can make a difference in alleviating “the daily grind of hearing-impaired patients, making hearing, easier.”
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Nuheara Announces Sales Milestone with IQbuds2 Max
Nuheara Ltd announced that it has now surpassed over 4,000 units in pre-orders for its newest flagship product, IQbuds² MAX.
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Listen Technologies Acquires ExXothermic, Inc
ExXothermic has several patents for its Wi-Fi streaming technology and has delivered Wi-Fi audio channels for use in assistive listening, fitness centers, waiting areas, hospitality, and other applications and environments around the world.
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New Guidelines Help Make Remote Learning More Accessible to Hearing Impaired Students
In particular, the article stresses the importance of making certain that captions for lectures are accurate.
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‘Forbes’ Article Discusses Challenges of WFH for Those Who Are Hard of Hearing
In order to comply with social distancing recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have transitioned to work-from-home scenarios.
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Student Makes Masks with Plastic Panels to Help Aid Communication
A 21-year-old Kentucky college student teamed up with her mother to make face masks with plastic panels to help the deaf and hard-of-hearing community, according to an article on the “Lex18” website.
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ASHA Offers Tips for Effective Communication During Virtual Meetings
With virtual meetings becoming a critical tool for US workers in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, people with—and without—hearing loss may experience new communication challenges.
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‘TechCrunch’ Profiles ChatableApps
‘TechCrunch’ published a profile of a UK-based company that developed a smartphone app that helps provide hearing assistance by removing background noise.
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Unitron Launches Coach Feature in Remote Plus App
Coach sends users notifications for when to change or charge batteries, clean their devices, usage details, what to expect and how to get the most from their hearing instruments.
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Listen Technologies to Develop Assistive Technology Utilizing Disney MagicALL
MagicALL is for guests with hearing loss, who are deaf or blind, or guests who speak a different language. Disney licenses MagicALL to other organizations so they can use this technology to enable “magical guest experiences everywhere.”
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