All items tagged with hearables (167)

USound New High-Performing ASIC Linear Audio Amplifier Boosts the Battery Life of TWS and Hearing Aids

October 24, 2022 by Joao Martins

USound New High-Performing ASIC Linear Audio Amplifier Boosts the Battery Life of TWS and Hearing Aids

Austrian MEMS speaker pioneer USound continues to pursue the integration of its patented drivers in solutions that are ready for manufacturers to use. Following the release of a complete audio module for true wireless earbuds and hearing aids, the company now announced the launch of a new ASIC linear audio amplifier, Tarvos 1.0 UC-P3010, purposely designed to drive USound MEMS speakers. This new audio amplifier also boosts the battery life, meeting or exceeding current market requirements.

Sonical Partners With Dolphin Design to Develop the Silicon for Open Hearables

September 5, 2022 by Joao Martins

Sonical Partners With Dolphin Design to Develop the Silicon for Open Hearables

Sonical, the Silicon Valley company developing an open software platform for hearables, announced a partnership with Dolphin Design, a leading edge computing and embedded AI silicon IP company, and a subsidiary of Soitec, an industry leader in designing and manufacturing innovative semiconductor materials. Together, the two companies are working on a heterogeneous computing platform to design ASIC/SoCs with an innovative operating system that will change the end-user experience with hearables.

A Computer in Every Ear. The Rise of Headphone 3.0

September 1, 2022 by Joao Martins

A Computer in Every Ear. The Rise of Headphone 3.0

Enter Sonical Headphone 3.0. A fully integrated approach for the product development of headphones and earbuds that allows consumers to load their own apps. audioXpress talked to Gary Spittle, the CEO and founder of Sonical, a young company that developed a chip and a real-time operating system for headphones and hearables. "Hearables should not be defined by the functions of a chip or the Bluetooth profiles, there is a lot more that product makers want to do," says Gary Spittle, the CEO and founder of Sonical.

Serving a Purpose: OTC Hearing Aids, Hearing Enhancement, and Brands

August 25, 2022 by Joao Martins

Serving a Purpose: OTC Hearing Aids, Hearing Enhancement, and Brands

If you are an audio industry professional, unless you have been on holiday on some remote island without Internet, you must have noticed that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finally issued the long-expected rule establishing Over-the-Counter (OTC) hearing aids - five years after the original OTC hearing aid act was signed into law on August 18, 2017. Will hearing aid companies really adjust and understand "consumer" behaviors? How do hearables fit in that environment? Could these products be influenced by "brand loyalty"?

CEVA Celebrates 15 Billionth CEVA-powered Chip Shipped

August 9, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

CEVA Celebrates 15 Billionth CEVA-powered Chip Shipped

CEVA, Inc., the wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies licensing company, announced that cumulative royalty-bearing chip shipments that include CEVA IP surpassed 15 billion units during the second quarter of 2022. This significant milestone has been achieved as CEVA approaches it’s 20-year anniversary of being a public company. While the first 10 billion CEVA-powered shipments spanned more than 15 years, the next 5 billion shipments took less than three and a half years.

USound Introduces Ultra-Compact MEMS Audio Module for Hearables

August 4, 2022 by Joao Martins

USound Introduces Ultra-Compact MEMS Audio Module for Hearables

USound, the Austrian pioneer of MEMS speakers, announced the release of an audio module designed to enhance the performance of true wireless earbuds and hearing aids, enabling new degrees of design freedom. As USound underscores, with this new integrated solution, manufacturers can create more ergonomic and comfortable designs, with extended battery life and audio quality, while the form factor of hearing aids and TWS earbuds can be considerably reduced.

The Acoustical Challenges of Designing True Wireless Earphones

June 28, 2022 by Andrew Bellavia

The Acoustical Challenges of Designing True Wireless Earphones

Expanding the perspective on the evolution toward hearables, this article explores the current trends as well as the acoustical challenges and solutions for designing true wireless earphones. The article explains the enabling technologies currently converging as the TWS market continues to grow and use cases multiply, with more consumers using wireless earbuds for a diverse and varied set of applications, from listening to podcasts and audiobooks to Internet meetings and interacting with voice assistants. This article was originally published in audioXpress, April 2022.

Putting the Smart in Smart Devices - The Future of Hearables Is Voice Controlled

June 22, 2022 by Probal Lala

Putting the Smart in Smart Devices - The Future of Hearables Is Voice Controlled

To expand our readers' perspective on the topic of true wireless earbuds and hearables, defined as ear-worn electronic devices, this article discusses how hearable technology is at the intersection of wearables and headphones, and was designed for multi-purpose use, including voice transmission, sound amplification, and wireless communications. The CEO of Fluent.ai details how consumers' expectations for using earbuds everywhere, including for work communications in noisy public environments, is pushing technology to face the challenges at the source, on-device. This article was originally published in audioXpress, April 2022.

Hearables’ Shipments to Exceed 200 Million Globally by 2024, Juniper Research Predicts

May 3, 2022 by Joao Martins

Hearables’ Shipments to Exceed 200 Million Globally by 2024, Juniper Research Predicts

A new study by Juniper Research has found that hearables’ shipments will exceed 200 million units by 2024, up from 165 million in 2022; representing total growth of 30% over the next two years. The market research firm sees assistive and healthcare-focused hearables segments — typified by Nuheara’s IQbuds and Bose’s SoundControl Hearing Aids — are key to this growth; comprising 18% of hearables shipments by 2024, compared to 12% in 2021.

THX Licenses VisiSonics 3D Immersive Audio Tools and Personalization Solutions

May 2, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

THX Licenses VisiSonics 3D Immersive Audio Tools and Personalization Solutions

THX has licensed certain 3D audio and personalization technologies from VisiSonics, the 3D spatial audio and acoustic environment optimization technology company, and is incorporating them into its products. VisiSonics technologies will be utilized in THX Spatial Audio tools for game developers and music producers, and advance THX audio personalization for headset manufacturers. VisiSonics technology is also expected to be a part of anticipated THX offerings in the emerging market of hearable technology.

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