Hearing Aids
Oticon Introduces High-Function, High-Fashion Behind-The-Ear Hearing-Aids
Last year the hottest innovation driving the fastest-growing segment of the hearing-aid market was the “thin-tube, open-fit” design for behind-the ear (BTE) aids. This year, will the hottest new products be RITE? Oticon will show its new Delta “Receiver-in-the-Ear” hearing aids featuring the RITE architecture at the American Academy of Audiology annual... Read more
Widex Super-Power BTE Hearing Aids Do The Trick For Me
After losing one of my old Widex behind-the-ear hearing aids, I finally got a new pair of super-powerful BTEs. After thorough research, I came right back where I’d started from, at Widex. I got the Widex Senso Diva SD-19 model, the most powerful hearing aid the company sells and a step up from my previous Senso Diva SD-9’s. Read more Read More →
Oticon Powers Up Sumo DM Hearing Aids For Hardest-Of-Hearing Customers
Designing hearing aids for people with severe-to-profound hearing loss is one of the biggest challenges confronting hearing-aid manufacturers. Read more Read More →
Did Songbird Croak? Will It Rise From The Ashes?
Developing the first disposable hearing aid was one of my many great ideas that somebody else had first. Read more Read More →
William Austin, Hearing-Aid Promoter Extraordinaire
The only thing William Austin seems to work at harder than promoting himself is promoting the benefits of hearing aids. But in fact, the two go hand in hand. Over the past 40 years, the founder of Starkey Laboratories, one of the world’s seven dominant hearing aid manufacturers, has waged what at times has seemed a one-man war against the stigma of wearing hearing aids.... Read more
How Many of Us Are There?
The hearing-impaired population is huge and growing. But a surprisingly small percentage of people who need hearing aids choose to use them. Read more Read More →