Olelo by Sorenson Rebrands to CaptionCall Mobile
This rebranding aligns Sorenson's flagship mobile phone captioning solution with its established CaptionCall home phone service.
This rebranding aligns Sorenson's flagship mobile phone captioning solution with its established CaptionCall home phone service.
A new paper from a group of private-practice audiologists explores how the future of hearing healthcare depends upon recognizing and serving patients from a whole-person perspective—moving away from the narrow view of addressing hearing loss through amplification only, to becoming "hearing loss mitigation counselors" and treating the needs of the individual.
Building upon 80 years of experience in audio technology, AtlasIED’s latest offerings are said to be engineered to meet the most common challenges in today’s commercial installations.
Tunity SDK for Audio is said to gives companies that service the hearing impaired the ability to embed a white labeled version of Tunity’s patented deep-learning TV audio streaming technology directly into their customer-facing apps.
Read MoreAs part of a July 18 announcement in the Federal Register on a new proposed ruling, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)—the government agency regulating interstate communications by radio, TV, satellite, cable, and wire—has indicated an interest in utilizing automated speech recognition (ASR) as an alternative to live captioning assistants (CAs) for Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service (IP CTS), making the use of CAs optional.
Read MoreThe feature—found in hearing aids certified through Apple’s Made for iPhone hearing aid program—will enable users to utilize their phones as a remote microphone when positioned near the source of sound (such as in a noisy restaurant).
Read MoreIn a side-by-side listening demo, hearing care professionals can discover for themselves how Enchant compares to the competition in noisy environments.
Read MoreTwo well-known names and company owners in hearing device manufacturing are joining forces. Etymotic Research Founder Mead Killion announced that his company has merged with Lucid Hearing/Lucid Audio, a prominent hearing aid and PSAP manufacturer owned by Henry Smith, founder of Authorized Hearing Systems (AHS), America Hears, and more recently Liberty Hearing Aids and Lucid Audio.
Read MoreThis week’s Expert Insight addresses how long a battery should last after a full recharge, how Bluetooth streaming can affect battery life, and if the life of a hearing aid circuit is shortened by a rechargeable system. Get new insights into power issues, and ask your own questions here!
Read MoreIntriCon has taken another major step forward in its hearing aid and hearables offerings—this time adding audio streaming functionality. IntriCon’s and NXP’s R&D teams merged hearing aid engineering and wireless audio streaming semiconductor technology to deliver hearing aid devices that can stream wireless audio from IntriCon’s wireless accessories. It intends to launch this technology—coupled with a remote microphone—into its Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) and Direct-to-Insurance (DTI) channels in the first half of 2018.
Read MoreSonic has expanded the wireless connectivity options of its Enchant hearing aids with the introduction of SoundClip-A. The easy-to-use, lightweight SoundClip-A allows users to stream stereo sound hands-free to both hearing aids from all Bluetooth® 2.1 smartphones and devices. The small, ergonomically designed clip-on device delivers added benefit as a wireless remote/partner microphone for easier listening when the speaker is at a distance or in noisy environments where listening is difficult. SoundClip-A also enables remote volume control, program changes, and call pick-up with just the press of a button.
Read MoreAccording to the company, the intermediary device turns Oticon Opn™ hearing aids into a wireless headset for clear, hands-free calls from modern mobile phones, including iPhone® and Android™ smartphones.
Read MoreCurrent users of the Naída CI Q90 sound processor, and future recipients, will be able to connect to any Bluetooth-enabled cell phone.
Read MoreThe Clementine Wear Audio Platform is open to manufacturers of audio or hearing products and offers personalized audio that can be used in Hearables and Audio Wearables sold over-the-counter or serviced via health care professionals.
Read MoreSprague was frustrated by how standard hearing aids “distorted audio” and has incorporated directional microphones, Bluetooth and WiFi capabilities, and a discreet design into his fourth-generation prototype.
Read MoreSprague was frustrated by how standard hearing aids “distorted audio” and has incorporated directional microphones, Bluetooth and WiFi capabilities, and a discreet design into his fourth-generation prototype.
Read MoreThe app is marketed for people with mild to moderate hearing loss that occasionally struggle in noisy situations, according to the company’s CEO.
Read MorePhonak has announced the introduction of Audéo™ B-Direct, a new “Made for All” hearing aid that directly connects to any cell phone with Bluetooth® 4.2 technology, including Android™, iPhone®, and the most other “classic” cell phones that can be popular with older adults. ‘Hearing Review’ looks at the new technology and interviews Phonak President Jan Metsdorff on the day of the product’s official US launch in Chicago.
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