Announcements

In a 25-year follow-up of the Framingham Offspring Study, researchers found that more than half of middle-aged participants who had normal hearing at baseline developed hearing loss (56.2%) over two and a half decades. Among the full sample, hearing thresholds worsened on average by 15.1 dB for the pure-tone average (0.5–4 kHz) and by 8.4–35.8 dB across individual frequencies (0.5–8 kHz). Higher…

A new article from the Audiology and Hearing Aid Center examines how hearing technology in 2025 has become smarter, more adaptable, and more user-friendly. Manufacturers are prioritizing AI-driven processors that analyze listening environments in real time, allowing hearing aids to automatically adjust to background noise, speech, and changing surroundings without manual input. This adaptive…

Phonak has released the Infinio Ultra series, the company’s newest generation of hearing aids built to make listening easier and more natural through artificial intelligence. The lineup includes two models, the Ultra R and Ultra Sphere, both powered by a real-time deep neural network chip that processes sound from every direction. The company claims that the chip recognizes up to 18 times more…

Forbes Health released its 2025 list of top-rated hearing aids based on expert reviews, consumer feedback, and performance criteria like speech clarity, comfort, and Bluetooth connectivity. Audiologists on the Forbes Health Advisory Board helped evaluate models for everyday usability and overall value. The Forbes Health Advisory Board includes practicing audiologists such as Dr. Ross Cushing, CEO…

A recent Forbes article by Bill Schiffmiller makes the case that “auditory fatigue,” or the mental exhaustion caused by constant listening in noisy or overstimulating environments, is growing to become a huge wellness issue in the workplace. Open offices, hybrid meetings, and overlapping sound sources can force employees to focus intensely just to follow basic conversations, which increases stress…

Oticon has announced Oticon Intent, the first hearing aid designed to interpret the wearer’s physical movements and listening intentions in real time. Using new “4D Sensor” technology, the device detects head motion, body movement, and listening behavior to adjust sound processing automatically. Built on Oticon’s new Sirius platform with an updated deep neural network, Intent aims to improve…

A team of international hearing-science experts has published the first set of detailed guidelines to help speed up and standardize gene therapy research for hereditary hearing loss. These recommendations cover every major step of a future treatment: confirming whether a child or adult’s hearing loss is directly caused by a specific gene mutation, making sure patients are healthy enough for…

The Twenty-First Century Caption Metrics and Usability Project studies the quality of TV captioning for news, sports, and other shows to improve accessibility. The project is seeking participants who will spend about 30 minutes watching short, captioned video clips, answering questions about caption accuracy, and rating the video clips. Communication access and compensation for your time are…

The Twenty-First Century Caption Metrics and Usability Project studies the quality of TV captioning for news, sports, and other shows to improve accessibility. The project is seeking participants who will spend about 30 minutes watching short, captioned video clips, answering questions about caption accuracy, and rating the video clips. Communication access and compensation for your time are…

Two sisters from Wake County, North Carolina, are among the first children in the United States to receive an innovative hearing implant known as the Bonebridge system. Kenzie and Lily Ferguson were born with narrow or closed ear canals, which made traditional hearing aids ineffective. The new implant, developed for individuals with similar conditions, works by transmitting sound vibrations…