Announcements

Pinpoint Patient Recruiting, a U.S.-based recruiting company, is looking for parents and caregivers of children with severe-to-profound hearing loss to share their experiences and opinions in an online interview. Participation starts with a brief online questionnaire to check eligibility, followed by a 10-minute phone call with a member of the Pinpoint team. Caregivers who move forward will be…

A research team is recruiting adults age 18 and older who have hearing loss and use voice calls with captions to take part in a study on captioned telephone services. The research is funded by the Federal Communications Commission and conducted by MITRE, Rochester Institute of Technology, and Gallaudet University. Participants will complete four brief captioned phone conversations with a research…

The Speech Accessibility Project is recruiting adults with any degree of hearing loss to participate in a research study aimed at improving voice recognition technology for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. The project is supported by Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft. Participants will record speech samples and answer questions online at their own pace, using a personal computer or…

A research team at UMass Amherst is recruiting adults to share their opinions on over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids. Participants will receive $100 for one 1-hour session over Zoom. Who can participate: Adults ages 40 and older who fall into any of these categories: Currently use hearing aids (prescription or OTC) or other assistive listening devices Are interested in trying hearing aids for the…

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seeking public comment on proposals to modernize the nation's emergency alerting systems, including several changes aimed at improving access for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. The proposals are part of a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking the FCC adopted on June 25, covering both the Emergency Alert System, which interrupts television and…

Anker, the consumer electronics company known for charging accessories, has announced plans to enter the over-the-counter hearing aid market. The company shared the plan on September 3rd during the IFA 2026 technology show in Berlin. According to Anker, the hearing aids will build on technologies developed for its consumer audio products, including noise reduction, long battery life, and fast…

A multicenter study led by researchers at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago found that children with hearing loss may benefit from cochlear implants at a younger age than previously recognized. The study, led by Dr. Nancy M. Young, evaluated outcomes in two groups not previously covered under FDA criteria: infants aged 7 to 11 months with profound sensorineural hearing loss, and…

VA News published the story of Edward Romero, a Navy communications specialist who served during Vietnam from 1963 to 1965 and later lost his hearing gradually over years. His hearing loss eventually cost him his public relations firm and cut him off from conversations with his children and grandchildren. Hearing aids did not help, and he had reached the point of accepting that he would not hear…

RayNeo, a consumer augmented reality glasses maker, has released the RayNeo iO smart glasses. The glasses use a heads-up display to show real-time captions and translated text in the wearer's line of sight, without a screen visible to others. According to the company, the display streams text translation across 55 languages with roughly one-second latency, using a waveguide display the company…

The Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) has published findings from a study of how Auracast broadcast audio performs for railway announcements, and reported that participants found announcements substantially clearer with it than without. The testing was carried out at Bristol Temple Meads station in March 2026 and funded by the Motability Foundation. RNID invited ten people of varying…