Category: Hearing Aids

Hearing Aids

‘Fast Company’ Profiles Jeenie App for ASL Interpretation

A new app called Jeenie, available for iOS or Android users, provides access to an ASL interpreter...

Hearing Aids

Eargo Launches Neo HiFi

Eargo, a medical device company “dedicated to improving the quality of life of people with hearing...

Hearing Aids

Oticon’s New Hearing Aid Takes ‘Open Sound’ Approach

Oticon has released its Oticon Opn™, characterizing it as a paradigm shift in hearing aids that combines breakthrough technologies proven to enable people with hearing loss to experience less listening effort and enjoy better speech understanding.

Behind the Ear

iHear Medical to Expand to 2,500 US Drugstore Locations

iHEAR’s products are now available in major drugstores, including at CVS, as well as online markets including Walmart.com and Amazon. The full range of products can be found at iHEAR’s online store.

In the Ear

ASHA Provides Fireworks Safety Tips for Fourth of July

Many traditional Fourth of July festivities can reach potentially dangerous noise levels. Fireworks and firecrackers can be as loud as 150 decibels—louder than a jackhammer or jet plane takeoff.

Over the Counter

Blog: OTC Hearing Aid Proposed Regulations Likely Delayed Until at Least Q1 2020

The proposed regulations for a new class of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids—which had previously been slated for release by the FDA this month—will now likely to be released sometime in the first quarter of 2020.

Speech in Noise?

A New Dual-Streaming CROS/BiCROS Solution

A CROS solution is often recommended for persons with single-sided deafness (SSD) or unaidable hearing in one ear. Oticon CROS is the first wireless CROS/BiCROS solution with dual-streaming capability using an open sound paradigm. As shown in this study, the dual-streaming capability, with the receiving hearing aid of the CROS solution simultaneously receiving sound inputs from both the transmitting hearing aid and an external source, provides considerable benefit.

Personal Sound Amplification

Apple Announces Hearing Study with University of Michigan

Called the Apple Hearing Study, the company will work alongside the University of Michigan to “examine factors that impact hearing health. The Apple Hearing Health Study is the first of its kind to collect data over time in order to understand how everyday sound exposure can impact hearing.”

Apps

BeHear Introduces New Interface for W&H BeHear App

The new version from Alango Wear & Hear is said to use graphics and a modernized static menu at the bottom of the screen to improve user experience. The functionality of the app remains the same.