Market
June 3 Apple announcements embrace hearing health, but are we closer to an actual Apple hearing aid?
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- Published on 16 May 2019
Apps
New Apple Inc. tech products to be announced on June 3 will reflect the computer giant's increasing focus on healthcare, in particular hearing features aimed at the so-called Silver Tsunami generation of ageing consumers.
Apples and Oranges, and how substandard Daily Mail journalism triggered an Apple Airpod cancer frenzy
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- Published on 30 April 2019
Misinformation
Here's a formula for misinformation, the results of which can be mass panic and huge loss of revenue: a group of experts agree that selected fruits might need to be checked for poison; a newspaper read by millions misinterprets the experts and reports that apples are poisonous.
2019 release for Microsoft's answer to Apple Airpods?
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- Published on 29 April 2019
Headphones
Microsoft is believed to be following Amazon in developing earbud wireless headphones to challenge for the space captured and opened by Apple AirPods.
Has Brexit forced Phonak's operational shifts from UK to Spain?
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- Published on 25 April 2019
Brexit
The Swiss giant Sonova Holding AG has played down the possibility of a Brexit motive behind an "optimisation" operation that will see it shift some of its UK Phonak services and manufacturing activities to centres in Alicante (Spain) and Vietnam.
New clEAR subscription bundles tele-audiology therapy into its gamified formula
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- Published on 19 April 2019
Strategy
Innovating the business formula can boost healthcare as well as profits, according to the US-based hearing gamifiers, clEARTM, which chose the American Association of Audiologists Conference (AAA) to announce its new $24.99 subscription package.
'Contact lens' for the ear project on cusp of clinical testing
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- Published on 12 April 2019
Innovation
A "completely new alternative to a normal hearing device"—an eardrum-hugging disc using a piezoelectric transducer and labelled by its inventors a "contact lens" for the ear—now has the home straight of its development in sight.
Expanding InnerScope announces continued record sales growth
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- Published on 02 April 2019
Retail
Market watchers are being encouraged to think that the Walmart-partnered manufacturer and distributor-retailer, InnerScope Hearing Technologies, is tearing up the fast lane in the US market.
CVS Health closes 30 hearing centres as OTC rules begin to reshape market
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- Published on 28 March 2019
Pharmacies
The well-known US pharmacy outfit CVS has announced the closure of all of its 30 hearing centres as it remodels its health offer ahead of arriving over-the-counter (OTC) sales for devices.
iHear launches pay-as-you-go aids on subscription with online tweaking and support
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- Published on 15 March 2019
Trends
Hearing aids for low, flexible, personalised monthly plans, and programming through mobile apps is the latest formula from the venture-funded San Francisco-based provider, iHear Medical.
Eargo raises $52M for direct-to-consumer product
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- Published on 06 March 2019
DTC
Eargo, the American hearing aid company, says it is on a mission to change the way people think about hearing aids and they want to become the ultimate consumer hearing brand.
