EUHA 2020 will go ahead after all: a free-of-charge digital version of the world's biggest audiology congress is to run from October 9 to November 8, featuring a broad programme of lectures and keynote presentations, product innovations, and online Q&A sessions.

A newly-developed ultrathin 3D-printed optical endoscope is bringing miniaturised probing to the level of providing trauma-free high-resolution imaging from within delicate narrow body parts such as the cochlea.

A fresh injection of capital has been announced to boost the plans of the emerging US firm, Eargo, producer of direct-to-consumer hearing devices for those with mild to severe loss.

The development of a more effective cochlear implant using light instead of electricity has been hastened towards clinical translation following succesful experimentation using rodents.

Major construction outfits have teamed up with hearing tech developers to raise the benchmark for protecting workers against noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) on the UK's highest-profile building and engineering project.

The celebration of technological innovation and achievement in the hearing industry is behind a new awards programme launched by the independent online audiology site Hearing Health and Technology Matters (HHTM).

A rumoured Marvel casting call is driving speculation in the superhero cinema sphere that at least one new deaf mass-culture fantasy figure might soon be boosting awareness—in some fantastic way—of hearing loss.