AES Headphone Technology Conference to Dig Deep into Emerging Audio Technologies and Applications

The AES is set to hold its second International Headphone Technology Conference, August 27–29 at the Golden Gate Club, Presidio, San Francisco, CA, offering three days of presentations, sessions, demonstrations, and more, all dedicated to headphone technology. Mobile Spatial Audio, Individualization, Assistive Listening and Audio for Augmented Reality offer new areas of study and innovation for this year’s conference.

The Audio Engineering Society announced its second AES International Conference on Headphone Technology which will be held on August 27–29, 2019 in San Francisco, CA, USA. The conference will focus mainly on Mobile Spatial Audio, Individualization, Assistive Listening and Audio for Augmented Reality. Anyone doing research in the field is invited to participate. Remember also, attendance is limited, so register asap.

Sennheiser Education Solutions is the audio specialist’s portfolio for the education sector. For Sennheiser, this is not new territory, since numerous universities and colleges have already been equipped with Sennheiser products. But in the age of digital transformation, the education system is also subject to constant change, and students, colleges and universities must constantly adapt to this change. Focused on these users’ evolving needs, Sennheiser introduced a portfolio that is perfectly customized for educational institutions.

Alango Technologies is getting ready to launch its new Wear & Hear line of assistive hearing products, starting with BeHear Now, an advanced Bluetooth stereo headset and hearing enhancer, featuring advanced audio processing with personal adjustments. Unique technologies include the company's ListenThrough enhancement of ambient sounds, music and phone calls, and EasyListen, which slows down incoming speech in real time.

Listen Technologies, a leading provider of assistive listening products for more than 18 years, has acquired the Audio Everywhere brand and products from ExXothermic, a developer or Wi-Fi streaming technology with four related patents. The technology, which Listen was already licensing, offers a low-cost assistive listening solution for smartphones that utilizes existing wireless networks for plug and play audio streaming.

It was all about evolution of concepts, products and technology for Sennheiser at InfoComm 2016. Among several interesting demonstrations, Sennheiser promoted its MobileConnect assistive listening concept, offering the ability to stream live audio to mobile devices via the MobileConnect App. Sennheiser’s solution consists of a streaming server providing the audio stream over WiFi, which users can connect to via the MobileConnect app on their own smartphone. Applications are unlimited.