The Zounds product portfolio featured on Walmart.com includes the Vizara, a 16-Channel digital rechargeable hearing system; the Prezia, a 16-Channel premium digital hearing aid, and the Hearing in a Box digital RIC hearing aid.
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Before jumping to the conclusion that any PSAP and/or future OTC hearing device would be suitable for the many different types of hearing losses, we need to look at their coupler and real-ear performance data. This study by Adam Voss, Kristi Oeding, AU Bankaitis, John Pumford, and Michael Valente suggests current PSAPs are suitable for mild losses only.
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The FDA has concluded that the Bose Hearing Aid should be classified as a Class II device under the generic name “self-fitting air-conduction hearing aid,” according to an October 5 letter from the Agency. Accordingly, Bose is free to market the device immediately subject to general provisions and special controls required by FDA. Subsequent applications for a self-fitting hearing aid will need to undergo premarket notification requirements, according to the Agency.
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Shares of three large hearing aid companies—GN Store Nord A/S, William Demant Holding A/S, and Sonova Holding AG—dropped significantly on Monday, according to an article on ‘Bloomberg.’
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Shares of three large hearing aid companies—GN Store Nord A/S, William Demant Holding A/S, and Sonova Holding AG—dropped significantly on Monday, according to an article on ‘Bloomberg.’
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The FDA’s recent granting of de novo status for the self-fit Bose Hearing Aid may open the door to a new era of hearing aid technology and dispensing. Unlike an “OTC hearing device,” there will likely be a “self-fitting category” within the current FDA Class I and Class II hearing aid classifications.
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The FDA has approved the Bose Hearing Aid as the first self-fit hearing aid under the Agency’s De Novo premarket review pathway used for some low- to moderate-risk devices that are novel and for which there is no prior legally marketed device.
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The typical image of a musician with hearing loss is someone like Beethoven, who lost his hearing long after spending a lifetime learning, playing, or composing aural music. What is lost in this image is the fact that there are individuals like myself, who acquire significant hearing loss shortly after birth or in early adolescence, yet fall in love with aural music during this same period in their lives.
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A 35-year hiatus from music due to hearing loss, and a new beginning due to dedication.
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Using Bluetooth technology in MFi-compatible hearing aids to create your own IEM system.
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Composing music when you have a severe hearing loss can be a real challenge. For example, one has to listen with high acuity to the musical tracks using headphones or in-ear monitors that, by nature, make hearing aid use very difficult or impossible. Here are some insights from an accomplished composer who has devised several solutions for the creation of great music.
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The “one-ear aided, one-ear open method” for musical performing.
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Recommendations for a “Musicians’ Package” for Hearing Aid Users: A Smartphone app that has a 5- or even 10-band equalizer to modify music output. It should also be able to enable or disable automatic controls easily, such as feedback and attenuation levels, without a visit to the audiologist.
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One of the most striking responses from the survey revealed that over half of all respondents said they believed hearing aids are not affordable and accessible for most Americans today.
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The free app, which will be officially launched on Wednesday, October 10, is designed as an accurate hearing test that can link consumers to their closest audiologist when a hearing problem is detected.
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