Wireless RERC Launches Hearing Aid and Cochlear Implant Cell Phone...
The Wireless Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (Wireless RERC) is seeking those with hearing aids and cochlear implants to fill out a survey on cell phone compatibility. The Hearing Aid...
View ArticleBeltone Introduces Direct Remote Control 2 and TV Link 2
Beltone Remote Control 2 Beltone, Chicago, has announced two new additions to the Beltone Direct Line of wireless accessories: the Beltone Direct Remote Control 2 and the Beltone TV Link 2. The...
View ArticleSonova Announces Phonak Sky Q and Roger Devices; Unitron’s New Moxi and...
Sonova launched a wide range of new products at last week’s International Congress of Hearing Aid Acousticians (EUHA) held in Nuremberg, Germany. For Phonak, this included a significant expansion of...
View ArticleGN ReSound Announces World’s First “Made for iPhone” Hearing Aid
GN ReSound provided details and an impressive demonstration of ReSound LiNX™, a new premium “Made for iPhone” (MFi) hearing aid, at last week’s International Congress of Hearing Aid Acousticians (EUHA)...
View ArticlePower One Introduces New Microbatteries at EUHA
Power one, Ellwangen, Germany, recently showcased its new hearing aid batteries at the 58th International Congress of Hearing Aid Acousticians (EUHA) held October 16-18 in Nuremberg, Germany. According...
View ArticleSiemens Hearing Aid Remote and App Gains Honors at 2014 CES
Siemens Hearing Instruments, Piscataway, NJ, has announced that the company’s miniTek® and miniTek® Remote App were named a 2014 CES Innovations Design and Engineering Awards Honoree by the Consumer...
View ArticleNew Invention Helps Cochlear Implant Wearers Enjoy Swimming, Sports, and More
New Los Angeles-based apparel manufacturer, Ci Wear, has launched its new compression fit shirt especially made for cochlear implant (CI) wearers. Invented by the parent of a deaf child, the clothing...
View ArticleNew App to Assist People with Hearing Loss Launched by Tecnalia
Hearing the doorbell, the fire alarm, or a tap that has not been properly turned off are everyday situations that can become a problem for a person who is hard of hearing. The Tecnalia Centre for...
View ArticleGoogle Glass Adaptation Opens Universe to Deaf Students
Ordinarily, deaf students are left in the dark when they visit a planetarium. With the lights off, they can’t see the ASL interpreter who narrates their tour of outer space. With the lights on, they...
View ArticleA Solution to Challenges Faced by Hearing-impaired Musicians Performing on...
Advancements in IEM technology lead to improved onstage hearing for musicians | Hearing Review August 2014 For many years, the author—who is a performing musician, sound engineer, and audiologist—has...
View ArticleClarity Launches New Sempre Bluetooth Amplified Phone
Clarity, a division of Plantronics, Chattanooga, Tenn, announces the launch of Sempre™, a new amplified home phone that allows users to make calls through their existing wireless service. Sempre...
View ArticleTelecoils Still Useful and Effective After All These Years; But Don’t Ignore...
Final Word | October 2014 Hearing Review By Dennis Van Vliet, AuD It was probably sometime in the early 1980s. I was seeing patients in a hospital audiology clinic. The patient was a nurse who...
View ArticleHal-Hen Offers New TVaid RG Digital Wireless 2.4 GHz Amplification System
Hal-Hen, Garden City Park, NY, has introduced the TVaid® RF Digital Wireless 2.4 GHz Amplifying System designed to transmit crisp stereo audio from a TV to a headset receiver. With its ergonomic and...
View ArticleConsumer Perceptions of the Impact of Inductively Looped Venues on the...
Research | October 2014 Hearing Review Using hearing devices with loop systems dramatically increases customer satisfaction By Sergei Kochkin, PhD; Juliëtte Sterkens, AuD; Cynthia Compton-Conley,...
View ArticleSonova Completes Acquisition of Comfort Audio
Sonova Holding AG, Stäfa, Switzerland, reports that it has successfully completed the previously announced acquisition of Comfort Audio i Halmstad AB, Halmstad, Sweden, following regulatory approvals...
View ArticleADCO Hearing Products Changes Ownership
Abby Armijo, owner of ADCO Hearing Products In early December 2014, The Hearing Review took some time to speak with Abby Armijo, the new president and owner of ADCO Hearing Products in Englewood,...
View ArticleAnother Win for Wireless Accessories: Hearing Aid and Remote Microphone...
Tech Topic | January 2015 Hearing Review By Erica D. Koehler, AuD; Mallory Maine, AuD; Alexandra D. Pastoors-Gebhart; and Jürgen Kiessling, PhD A discussion on recent findings regarding the value of...
View ArticleCarsten Trads to Retire from Clarity
Carsten Trads Carsten Trads, president of Clarity, the Chattanooga-based amplified phone developer, and a long-time figure in the hearing healthcare industry, will retire from his current position on...
View ArticleBack to Basics: What Is the Best Earphone for Listening to Music?
Back to Basics | June 2015 Hearing Review By Marshall Chasin, AuD Marshall Chasin, AuD As hearing health care professionals, we are always asked—almost as an after-thought as our clients are walking...
View ArticleAdvanced Bionics Releases Wireless Phone Solutions for Cochlear Implant
Advanced Bionics (AB), a California-based cochlear implant technology company that is part of the Sonova Group, has announced the future compatibility and availability of the Phonak EasyCall and DECT...
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