All items tagged with noise reduction (74)
GreenWaves Ramps Up Production of GAP9 Hearables Platform
March 9, 2023 by Joao Martins

GreenWaves Ramps Up Production of GAP9 Hearables Platform

GreenWaves Technologies, a fabless semiconductor company based in Grenoble, France, has received the funding needed to support the production of its second-generation GAP9 processor. As demonstrated at CES 2023, this advanced AI processor revolutionizes the next generation of true wireless earbuds, hearables, and connected devices with ultra-low latency noise cancellation, neural network-based background elimination and 3D sound.
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Digital Signal Processing for Over-The-Counter Hearing Aids
March 2, 2023 by Alexander Goldin

Digital Signal Processing for Over-The-Counter Hearing Aids

I wrote a whitepaper looking at the principles of digital signal processing, algorithms,and software that improve hearing for people with hearing loss. This article is intended as an introduction. The complete whitepaper is available for download. The inspiration for this whitepaper comes from the World Health Organization's recent World Report on Hearing (WHO), which shows that 1.5 billion people worldwide have some degree of hearing loss and 430 million people need rehabilitation services. Shockingly, less than 3% (on average worldwide) use hearing aids.
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Jabra Announces Work-From-Anywhere Speak2 Professional Speakerphone Line-Up
February 28, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

Jabra Announces Work-From-Anywhere Speak2 Professional Speakerphone Line-Up

Jabra expanded its range of solutions for the hybrid office with the launch the Speak2 range. The new Speak2 75, Speak2 55 and the Speak2 40 professional speakerphones are engineered specifically to meet the need for an intelligent speaker that is built to work anywhere. Improving from the experience with existing Jabra speakerphones, the Speak2 range offers professional, pocketable, and portable devices packed with the latest technology.
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Audeze New Maxwell Planar Magnetic Wireless Gaming Headphones Support LE Audio and LC3plus
December 8, 2022 by Joao Martins

Audeze New Maxwell Planar Magnetic Wireless Gaming Headphones Support LE Audio and LC3plus

Audeze announced Maxwell, a new ultra-low-latency wireless headset with class-leading 80+ hours of battery life, which comes with a Dolby Atmos license for select compatible platforms. With the new model, Audeze introduced a new upgraded, retro-looking earcup design for its planar magnetic drivers. The new design is also its ugliest product ever, but at least it already supports Bluetooth LE Audio, adds support for the LC3plus codec, and offers high-resolution audio over USB-C.
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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.
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Solid State Logic Launches SSL CONNEX Multipurpose USB Microphone
November 3, 2022 by Joao Martins

Solid State Logic Launches SSL CONNEX Multipurpose USB Microphone

Solid State Logic (SSL) has made a rather surprising announcement and entered the microphone space, with a new USB microphone design that can be used for conferencing, live streaming and even music recording. A versatile solution for everyday digital life, as the famous British company describes the SSL CONNEX multipurpose USB microphone, the design supports four tailored user modes and immersive recording capabilities, introducing also never seen before features.
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Jabra Unveils Evolve2 Buds Professional ANC True Wireless Earbuds Engineered for Hybrid and Remote Working
October 25, 2022 by Joao Martins

Jabra Unveils Evolve2 Buds Professional ANC True Wireless Earbuds Engineered for Hybrid and Remote Working

Jabra launched the Jabra Evolve2 Buds, the newest product in Jabra's Evolve series. With lessons learned from the pandemic and remote work, the new Evolve2 Buds are truly designed as "earbuds for professionals" featuring Jabra MultiSensor Voice and Advanced Bluetooth multipoint connectivity. And once again, the solution was to bundle USB dongles to avoid Bluetooth unreliability, obtaining a longer range solution certified for virtual meeting applications including Microsoft Teams and Zoom.
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Sony Electronics Launches its First Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids in the US
October 12, 2022 by Joao Martins

Sony Electronics Launches its First Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids in the US

It didn't take long. A month past from the partnership agreement announcement between Sony Corporation and WS Audiology Denmark A/S with the aim of jointly developing and supplying new products and services in the OTC self-fitting hearing aid market, Sony has already announced the first two products for the Over-the-Counter (OTC) hearing aids space in the US market. The two products to debut from the partnership are the CRE-C10 and the CRE-E10 self-fitting OTC hearing aids.
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Improved Noise Reduction. Bose Introduces QuietComfort Earbuds II
September 8, 2022 by Joao Martins

Improved Noise Reduction. Bose Introduces QuietComfort Earbuds II

As anticipated, Bose announced its new Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II. As the brand that brought us noise cancelling headphones as a consumer product, this announcement is extremely important for the Massachusetts-company, as it claims to offer "the world’s best noise cancellation," thanks to its CustomTune sound calibration technology that allows personalized performance. The design is also refined and much more elegant than any previous Bose product in the category.
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Olive Union Returns With Brand New Olive Max Adaptive Hearing Enhancers
April 5, 2022 by Joao Martins

Olive Union Returns With Brand New Olive Max Adaptive Hearing Enhancers

After debuting its Olive Pro 2-in-1 FDA-Registered class II hearing aids in 2020, smart hearing company Olive Union returns with a second and more ambitious product. The new Olive Max take the concept of affordable hearing health a step further, exchanging the convenience of compact true wireless earbuds for a large, around-the-ear (wrap-around) form-factor that the Japan-based company believes will be able to deal even with severe hearing loss.
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