Had a nice chap from Iowa ask a question about the latest Bluetooth version, he had been doing some reading and he had seen several terms mentioned. There was BT 5.2, LE Audio and finally LC3, he was struggling to work out whether it was all the same thing. So spoiler alert, two of them are pretty much the same thing and one is something that works with it. So let's talk Bluetooth.

Hands-free call capability for Apple products is beginning to expand across the hearing aid manufacturers. ReSound, Signia and Oticon have all made announcements in relation to the roll out of the feature to their latest hearing aids over the last few months.

Artificial Intelligence, we hear more about it every day and in the recent past, it has become a feature mentioned in association with the latest hearing aid technology. But what is it and what benefit could it bring for people with hearing loss? In this article, George Newton explores the technology and what it may mean for hearing aid wearers moving forward.

The explantion of hearing aid features never fails to amuse me, more often than not deep gobbledy gook full of insider phrases. Anyway, I decided to have a go at translating the features available in the new Signia AX range into plain English, you can thank me later.

Hands-free phone calls with hearing aids have been unique to Phonak and Unitron up to now. But ReSound has just announced the introduction of the feature for their ReSound One hearing aids connected to iPhones and iPads. It's an exciting development and it provides One users with a whole new level of convenience

The ActiveVent is a fantastic idea, the concept makes total sense for people with good low-frequency hearing. It is an active feature during any sort of audio streaming and in very noisy situations. I have been wearing ActiveVents receivers for a couple of weeks now, first with instant fit tips, and then with custom made titanium tips. Here is what you need to know.

After what seems like a very long time, Widex has introduced Android audio streaming for the Moment platform with the release of the 1.4 Moment App update. Knowing Widex as I do, they probably spent the longest time making sure it actually worked and offered stability, they can be quite pedantic like that.

You know, I don't think I will ever forget 2020, I don't think most of you reading this will either. While it has been a roller coaster of a year globally, it has actually been an interesting year in hearing aid technology as well. Some fascinating technology has been introduced this year that provides brand new strategies for hearing and fantastic new functionality.

I said recently that the Livio AI from Starkey pointed the way forward for hearing aid features, laid a roadmap if you will. While that is true,I think there is much more that will happen over the next year or two that will dramatically change hearing aids and their function. Let's talk the convergence of technology.

Hearing aids still struggle with the wind, a mild breeze can sound like you are in the middle of a tornado. Having said that, modern hearing aids are much better at reducing wind noise than older ones but I still don't think it's a solved problem - wind noise is still a problem for me, especially in the walmer weather when I can't wear a hat or a hood.

GN released their end of year investor report recently and they are doing very well thank you. Something caught my eye though, one of the slides talks about two AI strategies that they hope to introduce. One is for noise management, while the other is to enhance the fitting, let's take a look.

Widex is fulfilling its promise for a smarter tomorrow, they are introducing their second generation of the real-time AI feature SoundSense Learn to improve and personalise sound 25% faster.

I was invited onto Dave Kemp's show recently and we had a fascinating conversation about smart assistants in hearing aids and a few other things. Dave, like me, is fascinated with the voice first world and the use of smart assistants. We both think that this trend will just expand and that hearing aids are an ideal place for smart assistants to integrate.

We recently got to speak to some people from GN Hearing about the Siri integration and the introduction of AI to their products. They let us know a bit more about what it means and how they see it develop in the future.

The WIDEX EVOKE featuring WIDEX ENERGY CELL technology will debut at CES as the world’s first battery-free hearing aid. Finally the fuel cell powered hearing aids have arrived!

Valencell and Sonion demo the first ever hearing aid Receiver in Canal with an embedded biometric sensor at CES in Las Vegas. It opens the way for hearing aids to jump beyond their use case towards integrated health technology.

Gn announces an innovative new breakthrough technology which is employing GN’s artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in tandem with Apple's Siri virtual assistant. The announcement was made at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2019 in Las Vegas

Hearing Tracker recently released an update from their site, it outlines the features of hearing aids that their viewers feel are important. It is interesting reading. In fairness, it really validates what we always knew. Probably one of the most importaant things is the ability to hear in noise.

Rather than having to settle for a compromised ability to hear speech in favor of improving sound quality of your own voice, OVP eliminates the challenge via a sophisticated and unique solution. In this article Trica Benjamin, Au.D. discusses why that may be important to you.

As hearing aid technology advances, features that seemed like a pipedream just a few years ago have become reality. Key among these modern hearing aid features is direct streaming – the ability to transmit live audio from a mobile device to your hearing aids. Rather than hearing things like music, TV, and phone calls with sub-optimal sound quality, streaming lets you hear what you want directly from your smartphone to your ears and at the perfect volume.

Old technology is not necessarily bad technology, and when it comes to hearing loops and telecoil systems, that statement could not be truer. Let's talk about why you should consider a telecoil in your next set of hearing aids. Even better, if you have one already, get it turned on.

Rechargeable hearing aids have certainly peaked a lot of interest in consumers, up to now though they have all been behind the ear or receiver in canal styles. They are also all based on traditionaal type charger cradle technology. What if completely wireless charging was introduced, would you be interested?

When Widex introduced soundclasses with the Unique platform I thought to myself there they go following the herd. Up to the Unique Widex always relied on an outstanding analysis sytem to govern the feature sets of the hearing aids. So the introduction of sound classes just seemed like more marketing rubbish. I am quite glad to admit I was wrong, bigly!

Resound have released a playlist of video tutorials for new users of the Smart 3D app for their LiNX 3D hearing aids, well worth a look if you are new to them. The tutorials will help you access the full power of the hearing aids.

New hearing aids and a new way to access hearing care, your hearing your way. Resound don't do things by half! So what is Resound Assist and how will it change your hearing experience? Let's take a look.

We were introduced to Patient Insights from Unitron, a new hearing aid technology that is designed to work with their hearing aids. We think it is important that you understand it and the difference it could make to your experience with hearing aids. We are impressed and the possibilities for the future are staggering, let's talk about Patient Insights.

Unitron have introduced a fantastic new technology called Log It All, it will help you choose the very best hearing aid technology for you, based on real world and real time experiences. We really think that this technology allows you to become truly involved in the process of choosing a hearing solution. It makes you a collaborator, as opposed to an idle participant.

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while you’ll know that I’ve been wearing a pair of Audiosync iSync hearing aids (also know as Starkey Otolens). On a recent visit to my audiologist I got the opportunity to try out Starkey’s Voice IQ software upgrade and because I didn’t want to send my iSyncs back to Starkey, and be without them for a week, we decided to get the Voice IQ upgrade in my S Series instead.

I’ve been wearing a pair of iSyncs for about 4 months now and I thought it was time I reviewed them. The iSyncs are the world’s first IIC (Invisible In the Canal) hearing aids. In the interests of fairness I should let you know that I got the iSyncs for free from Ascent Hearing – this came about when I was visiting their Banbury branch in the summer to have a chat with Michael Nolan. Turned out on the day that they were looking for someone to

I was reading a press release today for a new hearing aid from a well-know manufacturer. It struck me that despite reading the entire thing I had absolutely no idea whether this aid would be good for me. Would it be better than the one I have? How much better? I have no idea. The new aid has features with impressive sounding names like (and I’m making these up as I don’t want to name the brand): All this on the company’s website too. From their

All modern hearing aids come with a phone programme, it’s a setting that the hearing aid automatically switches to when you put a phone to your ear. The programme normally reduces the volume of the sound coming from the phone and, I think, also reduces pitch to try and eliminate any feedback that might occur from having a phone pressed to your ear. I’ve never been happy with the phone programme on any of my hearing aids.

Phonak’s revolutionary chip technology powers three exciting new Digital Wireless Accessories: iCom brings Bluetooth to the hearing impaired; the myPilot command center provides full-color display feedback; and iCube enables totally CableFree Fitting.The CORE (Communication Optimized Real-audio Engine) technology developed for the chip used in the new Exélia and Naída hearing instruments permits wireless communication between the left and right

Feedback can be a problem for hearing aid wearers. It results in an annoying whistling or squeling sound. A hearing aid has one input: the sound comes in through the microphone. It has one output: the sound goes out of the speaker into the ear drum. But, sound moves in all directions unless something blocks it. Feedback occurs when sound coming out of the speaker travels back into the microphone and is amplified again.