IntriCon has announced a distribution agreement with Puretone Ltd, a UK-based hearing health company with operations in more than 75 countries and access to Britain's NHS, and the sale of IntriCon's London-based subsidiary, PC Werth, to Warner Tech-care Products.
The FDA has announced it will be modernizing its 510(k) clearance pathway, which accounts for the majority of devices that the Agency reviews, in what it characterizes as a "generational change.” Specifically, the Agency says it will concentrate on more recent predicates and technological advances in its future decision-making process, and ramp up its post-market surveillance of products.
A new approach, published in “Cell Reports,” to regenerate inner ear sensory hair cells is said to lay the groundwork for treating chronic noise-induced hearing loss by the company, Frequency Therapeutics, and its co-founders who are drawing on research from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), Harvard Medical School, Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary, and MIT. The program is expected to progress to into human clinical trials within the next 18 months.
IntriCon Corporation, the Minneapolis-based manufacturer of branded hearing aids and hearables including hi HealthInnovations and EarVenture and the new owner of Hearing Help Express, recorded sales of $88.3 million, up 29.9% from $68.0 million in 2016. The company is expanding its manufacturing footprint and is looking ahead to the emerging OTC hearing aid market.
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CUSTOM is designed to provide flexibility for users with options for a program button, volume control, or both.
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The wireless-enabled Ezairo 7150 SL is reportedly the first hybrid module to be supported by the Ezairo Pre Suite, with a firmware bundle that is designed to make it easier to build wireless-enabled hearing aids.
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The Nanoproof is designed to protect hearing aids both internally and externally with a material that is “halfway between a solid and a liquid,” according to the company.
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The findings were published June 29 in “Nature Communications.“ The study is reportedly the first to illuminate in detail how a particular protein, which is known as CIB2, allows hearing to work.
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The two new members of the Bragi family include The Dash Pro tailored by Starkey, “The World’s First Custom-Made Wireless Ear Computer,” featuring a unique, personalized experience, and The Dash Pro, a polished, reloaded, re-engineered sequel to The Dash that continues to press innovation forward.
Read MoreBeltone, Glenview, Ill.—a hearing aid company—and the Edison Awards announced that Beltone’s myPAL accessories were voted a Bronze Winner for innovation.
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Phonak Communications, Murten, Switzerland—a telecommunications equipment supplier—has increased the functionality and flexibility of the successful Roger Earpiece launched in 2016 with an unlimited range extension facility, the company announced. From July 2017, it will be possible to have full coverage wherever you are, including across multiple rooms, such as from green room to main stage.
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EnvisionTEC and 3Shape have jointly announced the launch of a new turnkey system for scanning, modeling, and printing in-ear devices.
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Sensaphonics announced on April 1 the Perceptuator IEM plug-in accessory, the latest advancement in safe sound for musicians. Designed to make 65 dB sound like 100 dB, Sensaphonics says the Perceptuator plugs directly into your brain, and uses your own powerful sense memories to make you feel like you’re rocking your brains out while delivering studio reference sound quality at safe levels.
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Sensaphonics announced on April 1 the Perceptuator IEM plug-in accessory, the latest advancement in safe sound for musicians. Designed to make 65 dB sound like 100 dB, Sensaphonics says the Perceptuator plugs directly into your brain, and uses your own powerful sense memories to make you feel like you’re rocking your brains out while delivering studio reference sound quality at safe levels.
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Nancy Tye-Murray, PhD, explains how gaming technology—and game-based learning—may play an important role in our future. Dr Tye-Murray describes the clEAR (customized learning: Exercises for Aural Rehabilitation) program and how it works.
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Four of the five prominent hearing industry executives, accused in a recent indictment of defrauding Starkey Hearing Technologies and the company’s owner William (Bill) Austin, have pleaded not guilty. A trial has been tentatively set for December 19, 2016, but may be delayed into 2017.
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Oticon’s 2016 “Hear in Pink” campaign benefits the National Breast Cancer Coalition. In September and October, Oticon will donate a portion of sales of its special edition pink Oticon Opn and all Oticon Opn hearing aids to NBCC to help find a cure for breast cancer.
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Oticon’s 2016 “Hear in Pink” campaign benefits the National Breast Cancer Coalition. In September and October, Oticon will donate a portion of sales of its special edition pink Oticon Opn and all Oticon Opn hearing aids to NBCC to help find a cure for breast cancer.
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