Market
Bose claims “audiologist quality” for its self-fitting app as the corporation officially becomes a hearing aid manufacturer
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- Published on 18 May 2021
direct-to-consumer
May in Massachusetts, spring in South Carolina. Add Texas, Montana, and North Carolina and you have the first five US states where audio equipment firm Bose will sell its $849.95 direct-to-consumer hearing aid for adults with perceived mild to moderate loss.
Return to growth in 2020/21 financial year fuels good outlook from Sonova and reflects resurging hearing market
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- Published on 18 May 2021
financials
Switzerland-based hearing health giant, Sonova, has released generally sunny annual results for the 2020/21 financial year, with a forecast undampened by the early pandemic-related sales dip.
Covid, cybercrime, Brexit, and More – Demant supremo Søren Nielsen interviewed
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- Published on 12 May 2021
industry
This May’s Demant forecast of 24 to 28% revenue growth in 2021 reflects a healthy hearing industry, a glad tiding underlined in this AWN interview with the group’s CEO and President Søren Nielsen.
L.A. start-up AudioCardio recognised for its neuroplasticity therapy phone app
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- Published on 07 May 2021
apps
A start-up mobile app—AudioCardio—designed to boost neuroplasticity and help sufferers of both hearing loss and tinnitus has caught the prize-picking eyes of the US business magazine, Fast Company.
Hearing aid giant Sonova buys headphone firm Sennheiser’s consumer division for €200m
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- Published on 07 May 2021
financial
In a move to boost earnings and expand in the wireless headphones segment, the Swiss hearing device group Sonova, parent of Phonak, is buying the consumer wing of the German headphone and hi-fidelity company, Sennheiser.
Robust health of hearing care market underlined by Demant supremo
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- Published on 04 May 2021
market
Accompanying a better-than-expected 2021 revenue forecast by hearing giant Demant, the group’s CEO and President Søren Nielsen has underlined the strength of the hearing health market as it recovers well from the pandemic impact.
Major iF design award for Signia’s Active Pro hearing aid, for not making people feel old
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- Published on 21 April 2021
awards
The WS Audiology brand, Signia, is celebrating the announcement of an iF Design award for its Signia Active Pro hearing aids.
Top Red Dot design awards for stellar Phonak and Oticon products
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- Published on 19 April 2021
design
The 2021 Red Dot Awards list for best design includes two big hearing device producers, the Switzerland-based Phonak brand picking up a Best of the Best accolade for its earbud-resembling in-the-ear (ITE) aid, Virto Marvel Black.
Another delay in the FDA’s ruling on over-the-counter hearing aids?
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- Published on 11 April 2021
over-the-counter
When is the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) going to announce its long awaited regulations on the sale of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids? A delay until at least mid-2022—possibly longer—is now a distinct possibility.
Talking and hearing A DEEPER MORE
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- Published on 09 April 2021
hearing aids
Ole Asboe Jørgensen, President of Oticon Brand, Global, told Audio Infos Editor Peter Wix that increasing the percentage of speech cues to the brain through its Opn hearing aids was not enough for the Danish manufacturer. What More does it want by bringing deep neural networks into the frame?