All items tagged with hearing assistance (25)

Soundskrit Announces SKR0600 Next-Generation Directional MEMS Microphone With Improved SNR

April 10, 2024 by Joao Martins

Soundskrit Announces SKR0600 Next-Generation Directional MEMS Microphone With Improved SNR

After the success of the SKR0400, now implemented in a breadth of consumer products, Soundskrit announced its next-generation product: the SKR0600 MEMS microphone. With an improved 67.5dBA SNR, the new directional microphones provide pro-audio quality in smaller footprint. In its standard configuration, the SKR0600 microphone exhibits a dipole polar pattern from 20Hz to 20kHz, and can be converted into any cardioid-based polar pattern with the simple addition of an acoustic mesh.

Sonical and Sigma Connectivity Accelerate Hearables Product Development

April 2, 2024 by Joao Martins

Sonical and Sigma Connectivity Accelerate Hearables Product Development

Sonical, the company pioneering a fully integrated approach for the product development of headphones and hearables, with a real-time operating system that allows consumers to load their own apps has confirmed a development partnership with Sigma Connectivity, the leading Swedish technology design and engineering house. Sigma will help Sonical accelerate the market transition to Headphone 3.0 and the adoption of user driven wearable audio devices.

Audio Pioneer xMEMS Promotes Seminar Series: xMEMS Live – China 2023

September 12, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

Audio Pioneer xMEMS Promotes Seminar Series: xMEMS Live – China 2023

Semiconductor pioneer xMEMS Labs announced the launch of xMEMS Live – China 2023, a two-day seminar aimed at demonstrating the company's technology for Chinese consumer tech and audio brands through product demos, keynotes and in-depth tech-talk presentations. The seminars will take place September 18 at the Renaissance Caohejing Hotel in Shanghai, and on September 20 at the Westin Nanshan in Shenzhen. The seminar signal xMEMS significant expansion throughout Asia, North America, and Europe.

AudioTelligence Launches Crowdfunding Campaign to Meet Demand for Its Hearing Enhancement Device

September 11, 2023 by Joao Martins

AudioTelligence Launches Crowdfunding Campaign to Meet Demand for Its Hearing Enhancement Device

The Cambridge, UK-based audio software company has launched a crowdfunding campaign in a bid to get its breakthrough hearing technology into the hands of those who struggle to hear in noisy environments. Following the announcement by AudioTelligence of the new product concept, which integrates assistive listening technology into an earbud charging case, as it often happens, the company couldn't find a licensing partner and decided to go to market instead.

AudioTelligence Expands Assistive Tech Options with Earbud Assistive Listening Case

July 18, 2023 by Joao Martins

AudioTelligence Expands Assistive Tech Options with Earbud Assistive Listening Case

British company AudioTelligence has announced a new product concept which integrates assistive listening technology into an earbud charging case. Following previous approaches in this direction, with dedicated microphone devices and smartphone integrations, the company is now offering a more attractive option for manufacturers and consumers. The combination of hearing technology with earbud charging provides manufacturers with a comprehensive all-in-one solution for individuals with hearing impairments as well as for anyone who needs to hear clearly in noise.

Sennheiser Introduces All-Day Clear Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids

June 20, 2023 by Joao Martins

Sennheiser Introduces All-Day Clear Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids

Sennheiser Hearing has introduced a new model of over-the-counter hearing aids that the company defines as a new class of devices, allowing US consumers access to powerful assistive hearing technology on their own terms. The FDA-approved All-Day Clear and All-Day Clear Slim are traditional looking behind-the-ear (BTE) hearing aids that combine speech enhancement with self-fitting features to complete "a refreshing, uncomplicated ownership experience."

Bluetooth SIG Promotes First Ever Auracast Experience at MWC 2023 in Barcelona

March 2, 2023 by Joao Martins

Bluetooth SIG Promotes First Ever Auracast Experience at MWC 2023 in Barcelona

In 2022, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced the Auracast extension of the Bluetooth LE Audio specifications, combining audio sharing and broadcast audio into a new term that would make it easier to promote. The audio innovation promises to propel audio streaming forward by letting users share their audio or select from publicly available Auracast wireless audio streams. At Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 in Barcelona the technology was demonstrated in a practical manner for the very first time.

HEAD acoustics Introduces ViBRIDGE Holistic In-Ear Headset Testing Solution

February 14, 2023 by Joao Martins

HEAD acoustics Introduces ViBRIDGE Holistic In-Ear Headset Testing Solution

As many audioXpress readers already learned from reading the article by Hans W. Gierlich on the Benefits of Using Structure-Borne Sound in Headset Signal Processing, HEAD acoustics created a complete test solution for in-ear and headset devices using bone-conduction sensors. There are good reasons for developers and manufacturers to explore the use of bone-conduction sensors and test them with the new ViBRIDGE solution.

R&D Stories: How to Choose the Right Signal Processing Technique

December 1, 2022 by Dave Betts

R&D Stories: How to Choose the Right Signal Processing Technique

The Chief Science Officer at AudioTelligence discusses the merits and challenges of using beamforming and blind source separation techniques to correctly process voice sources from the audio signals picked up by microphones in real-world situations. This article explains how these signal processing techniques can help deal with the noises that make it difficult to pick out and clearly hear voice, and how to obtain clean audio signals picked up by microphones contaminated with interference, noise, and reverberation. This article was originally published in audioXpress, November 2022.

Jabra Rebrands Lively as JabraEnhance.com Online Destination for Better Hearing

November 9, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Jabra Rebrands Lively as JabraEnhance.com Online Destination for Better Hearing

GN has expanded its Jabra Enhance hearing offering with integration and rebrand of Lively, acquired in 2021. The now rebranded JabraEnhance.com online hearing care platform is intended to enable US consumers to explore, purchase and receive hearing care from home. Joining the Jabra Enhance hearing aid range are also three Jabra Enhance Select products, available exclusively at JabraEnhance.com.

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