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CI surgery breakthrough as robot-assisted insertions are completed in Iowa
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- Published on 08 October 2020
surgery
The world's first two robotics-assisted cochlear implant (CI) insertions have been achieved by US firm iotaMotion through its iotaSOFT system, an investigational surgical tool currently in clinical evaluation.
Paradise among factors brightening Sonova financial estimate despite COVID
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- Published on 28 September 2020
crisis
A bright guidance for the first half of the 2020/21 financial year has been beamed out by the Swiss hearing solution giant, Sonova, possibly indicating faster industry-wide recovery from COVID than expected.
Q2 Lockdown battering of UK and Irish hearing market confirmed by manufacturers' data: 85% and 70% falls respectively
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- Published on 23 September 2020
covid
Full Q2 2020 hearing instrument market data has been released, confirming that both private and NHS sales were pushed off a cliff by COVID lockdown policies.
Cochlear launches tool to help adults with hearing aids decide if they could benefit from implants
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- Published on 17 September 2020
implants
A new online tool using language-independent tests to assess a person's ability to discriminate similar speech sounds offers adults struggling to hear with hearing aids a self-testing comparison of how cochlear implants might do the job.
Full programme announced for this year's DIGITAL EUHA 2020
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- Published on 15 September 2020
events
The 2020 Digital EUHA Congress will kick-off on Friday October 9 with an online Future Friday event featuring keynote lectures on crucial technology issues, including artificial intelligence, Bluetooth enhancements, and remote fitting.
2020 UK survey suggests hearing loss self-reporting in UK may significantly top rest of Europe average
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- Published on 08 September 2020
surveys
A 2020 survey by UK hearing aid manufacturers shows higher UK figures for self-reporting hearing loss than in figures from the latest EuroTrak market survey for the same country, and significantly more than the European average.
Success of online GN event underlines audiology's shift to virtual communication
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- Published on 05 September 2020
remote
As with other sectors, hearing healthcare has been pushed into virtual spaces to get across its messages, but the shift to remote needed a landmark event to underline not just its arrival, but perhaps also its effectiveness as a post-COVID medium. Enter GN Hearing.
Signia runs US promotional competition to give away 10 pairs of Styletto X hearing aids
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- Published on 03 September 2020
competition
Filling in an online form and sending it to Signia could win you—if you are a US resident—a pair of Signia Styletto X hearing aids. Ten pairs are being given away by the manufacturer in a promotional competition for the new devices.
ReSound joins the remote flood tide with its first online global event: September 1
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- Published on 29 August 2020
events
ReSound is to hold its first ever, 24 hour global virtual event on September 1, a remote informative and educational day, open to all, and scheduled to take place at the same hours but across three international time zones: Asia Pacific, GMT +9; European, GMT +2; and North American, GMT -5.
EUHA half u-turns on congress cancellation to launch digital autumn 2020 event
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- Published on 05 August 2020
congress
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.