Category: Hearing Aids
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Starkey's S Series iQ Hearing-Aid Family Attacks Hearing-In-Noise Problem
Starkey says its new Voice IQ hearing-aid technology is fast enough to diminish background noise in the milliseconds-long gap between the syllables of spoken speech, eliminating one of the most critical source of noise.
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Let's Hope Siemens' Decision To Stay In The Hearing-Aid Business Signals A Commitment To Innovation And New Products
It’s pretty certain now that Siemens will not divest its multi-billion-dollar hearing-aid business after all, having tried and failed to get its nearly $3-billion asking price from the private equity firms and other industry players that were in the bidding.
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How Big A Splash Will Panasonic Make In The U.S. Hearing-Aid Market?
Panasonic’s announcement this week that it will start selling its line of hearing aids in the U.S. could realign the competitive landscape in the hearing-aid industry.
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Oticon To Double The Processing Power Of Its Hearing Aids With New Flagship 'Agil' Family
Oticon is getting ready to introduce a new line of hearing aids with twice the processing power of its current flagship family.
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Race To Acquire Siemens Hearing Aids Heats Up As Cochlear Ltd. And Synthes Join Fray
Reuters quotes sources saying Cochlear Ltd., one of three global suppliers of cochlear implant devices as well as a leader in bone-anchored hearing aids, intends to join two private equity firms in making a multi-billion dollar bid for Siemens Hearing Instruments, which is being spun off by its parent company.
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America Hears, Inc. Upgrades Entire Hearing-Aid Line to 32-Channel Digital Signal Processors
With its new Independence Family of hearing aids, America Hears, Inc., has upgraded its entire family of digital hearing aids to 32-channel digital signal processors and maintained price/performance leadership with prices ranging from $799 to $1,299 per hearing aid, less than half the price of other comparable-performance hearing aids.
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HearUSA Scores Hearing-Aid Distribution Deal With AARP
HearUSA, the U.S. chain of hearing-aid retail outlets, scored a major distribution deal with AARP to provide discounted hearing aids and extended warranties to the nearly 40 million U.S. members of the world’s largest service organization for adults aged 50 and older.
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Opinion: Hearing Aid Pricing Should be More Transparent
The recent Consumer Reports survey of hearing-aid pricing and fitting practices highlighted one of the biggest problems the industry has today. It’s time for more transparent pricing in the hearing-aid industry.
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Consumer Reports Survey Finds Resellers Routinely Double Wholesale Prices of Hearing Aids
A Consumer Reports investigation of hearing-aid sales and fitting practices found that resellers commonly mark up the prices of new hearing aids more than 100 percent over the wholesale prices paid to manufacturers.
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You Can Trade In Old Hearing Aids For $200 Back From America Hears
You can trade in two of your old aids for $200 off the price of a pair of new digital hearing aids from America Hears, Inc.