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In her article, Mareike Scholze writes, "Progress in miniaturizing sensor technology has opened up new possibilities for monitoring vital signs outside the hospital environment. A subset of wearables is the so-called hearables – in-ear devices that are well suited for long-term monitoring as they are non-invasive, inconspicuous, and easy to fasten. Hearables offer two major benefits: their…

Consumer Reports in cooperation with Northeastern University and Pomona College looked at the performance of auto-captions on seven videoconferencing and social media platforms.

Lauren Dragan, a senior staff writer at Wirecutter, spent two years researching and preparing this article. Wirecutter is a product review and recommendation website from the New York Times.

In this article from Acoustics Today, auditory research scientists with hearing loss share their perspectives, as well as potential future developments, from working in the field.

This article in Acoustics Today addresses the challenges, tools and tradeoffs of designing and managing acoustics in various worship spaces. It includes a discussion of speech clarity vs music quality and other issues.

This article in Acoustics Today addresses the challenges, tools and tradeoffs of designing and managing acoustics in various worship spaces. It includes a discussion of speech clarity vs music quality and other issues.

This Hearing Review article discusses President Biden's summer 2021 executive order relevant to the proposed FDA regulations for OTC hearing aids.

In this blog post, Nick Hunn discusses the current state and future of the hearables industry and market, which essentially got its start a mere six years ago. Nick Hunn is a self-described technology strategist and wireless evangelist. He also chairs the Hearing Aid Working Group in the Bluetooth SIG.

How can employers support their employees with hearing loss? In this article from Forbes Magazine, Cheryl Goodwin, Head of Corporate Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility at Sony, discusses four ways that companies can design internal systems that help employees with hearing loss feel supported.