GN Audio (Jabra) Acquires VXi and BlueParrott

GN Audio – the owner of Jabra – announced that it has acquired VXi Corp., the headset manufacturer of both the VXi and BlueParrott brands. Jabra is a brand of the global GN Group and market leader in its segment of audio solutions. The GN Group is made up of GN Hearing with the flagship hearing aid brand ReSound and GN Audio with the flagship brand Jabra, and now also includes the VXi and BlueParrott brands.

Danish hearing loss specialists, ReSound introduced the latest model of its award-winning ReSound LiNX2 Smart Hearing family: the world’s only mini behind-the-ear (BTE) model to feature Made for iPhone, featuring telecoil capabilities. ReSound LiNX2 is the world’s first internet-connected hearing aid, connecting to the Internet to locate misplaced hearing aids and is now available with even more options for users.

Older adults now have access to a best-in-class audio solution to address critical need for hearing assistance at group events. Manchester, N.H, Eversound announced its latest product, the GLS 2.0 wireless group listening system, unveiled at the Argentum Senior Living Executive Conference in Denver (May 9 - 12). Eversound systems include a compact wireless transmitter that broadcasts the audio signal from any common audio source to all Eversound headphones within a 300-foot range.

With the popularity of “smart and wearable” devices driving developments in low-power processors and sensors that are enabling the augmentation of headphones with features more typically associated with hearing aids or smartphones, the 2016 AES International Conference on Headphone Technology, held in Aalborg, Denmark, will certainly be a well-attended event. This AES conference will focus on technologies for headphones with a special emphasis on the emerging fields of Mobile Spatial Audio, Personal Assistive Listening, and Augmented Reality.

There are new headphones being introduced in the market practically everyday and, more surprisingly, start-ups designing new headphones. LIFE Acoustics founders decided to launch their LIFE headphones in a different way. Design a new great product and change the lives of deaf children living in poverty. We can support their initiative on Kickstarter.

Following earlier announcements on the technology developed in collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology, Sennheiser has now released new, updated versions of both its MobileConnect and CinemaConnect apps, allowing users to adjust not only the volume but also the amplification and dynamic range of high- and low-frequency audio content.

And we’re off! Apple started shipping its Apple Watch device to a few lucky million who pre-ordered online. Many of those first-owners are in fact developers who needed to actually have a Watch to test their application ideas. Surprisingly, Apple reached 3,500 available Apple Watch apps on day 1. As expected, some are music and audio oriented.

Audiology specialist ReSound introduced its new ReSound LiNX2 Made for iPhone hearing aids, setting a new benchmark in Smart Hearing solutions. The new solution combines direct streaming from iOS devices, direct control and personalization with the Resound Smart App and new Spatial Sense processing technology with enormous social benefits.