FCC Adopts New Order to Enhance Accessibility of Closed Captioning
The FCC adopted an order requiring captioning display settings for video programming to be easier to customize for those with disabilities.
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Listen Technologies, Ampetronic to Demonstrate Auracast-Based Assistive Listening Tech
Listen Technologies and Ampetronic will preview a new Auracast broadcast audio-based assistive listening solution at the HLAA Convention.
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Thousands of Taxis in Madrid are Fitted with Hearing Loops
Three thousand taxis in the Spanish capital, Madrid, are now hearing accessible thanks to a major hearing loop installation program.
AudioTelligence Introduces Orsana
AudioTelligence releases Orsana, a compact assistive listening device, to enhance hearing abilities in noisy environments with or without Bluetooth hearing aids.
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Starkey’s Genesis AI: The Brain-Mimicking Hearing Aid
Starkey’s Genesis AI hearing aids, which mimic the brain, have been launched after a 5 year development, featuring a deep neural network on-chip accelerator.
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Lucid Hearing and Independa Collaborate on TV-Based Hearing Assessments
Lucid Hearing and Independa announce the launch of a smart TV-based hearing assessment platform available on all 2021 or newer LG Smart TVs.
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Amplifi Hearing Releases Version 2.3 of EarScript App
Amplifi Hearing has released EarScript version 2.3, an app that allows patients to listen to a variety of hearing aids in different listening conditions, programmed to their own hearing loss.
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Redux Launches New Products for Hearing Care Moisture Removal
Redux, a drying technology company for hearing devices, announced that two new products are being released this March. The launch includes the Redux Pro Lite Hearing Instrument Dryer, an app-enabled version of the Redux Pro that functions as a moisture removal device for hearing instruments.
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Audioscan Announces Software Updates
Audioscan announced new software updates for its market-leading Verifit2 and Axiom hearing instrument verification systems February 2, 2023. Benefits include a newly designed Audioscan Noah Module, Direct-to-PC networking, and new audiometric data entry capabilities.
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Listen Everywhere Helps Student Participate in Musical Theater
Listen Technologies Corporation announced that Listen EVERYWHERE has helped a high school student with hearing loss participate more fully in his school’s musical theater production of “Anastasia.”
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Using Bluetooth Technology to Solve Assistive Listening Challenges
Industry experts anticipate Bluetooth Auracast broadcast audio will become the next-generation assistive listening system.
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Listen Everywhere Used at John Rennie High School
Listen Technologies announced that John Rennie High School, a secondary school in Quebec, Canada, has selected Listen EVERYWHERE for use in its theater to support assistive listening.
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Luxshare-ICT Partners with USound as MEMS Speaker Supplier
Luxshare-ICT, a supplier of global consumer electronics brands, chose USound, a manufacturer of MEMS speakers-based audio solutions, as its strategical MEMS speaker supplier for its new, ultra-compact, hybrid audio module for innovative, dual-driver true wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds.
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Signia Launches My WellBeing Toolset
Signia announced that it is launching My WellBeing, a new app-based toolset designed to “improve the hearing health of Signia hearing aid wearers by encouraging a more consistent and prolonged use of their hearing devices.”
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Purdue University Introduces Closed Captioning for Theater
Purdue University Theatre Department announced that it has engaged Gamiotics to implement a new technology at shows on campus, allowing deaf and hearing-impaired audiences to enjoy live performances through the use of closed captioning in the palm of their hands.
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USound Launches Audio Module for TWS and OTC Hearing Aids
USound, a provider of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) loudspeakers for hearables and wearables, announced the release of an audio module designed to enhance the performance of TWS and OTC hearing aids.
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Can You Combine Safe Listening and Sound Quality? A Look at Apple AirPods Pro
Great listening experiences don’t require throwing safe sound levels and your hearing health to the wind. Here is a review of the popular Apple AirPods Pro relative to WHO and ITU safe listening standards.
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Bluetooth SIG Announces Auracast Broadcast Audio
According to the announcement, Auracast Broadcast Audio will enable an audio transmitter (eg, smartphones, laptops, TVs, or public address systems) to broadcast audio to “an unlimited number of close-range Bluetooth audio receivers.” This includes hearing aids and hearing implants.
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