The Audiologist Informer

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) says it provisionally finds that the merger of Oticon Medical with Cochlear Ltd. would substantially reduce competition, potentially leading to worse patient outcomes and higher costs for the NHS. In December, the Australian government expressed a similar concern. If the deal falls through, Demant may need to seek out other potential buyers like Med-El, Advanced Bionics, or Medtronics.

Starkey Genesis AI hearing aids are revolutionary because they are built to mimic the sensory processing architecture of the brain, writes Achin Bhowmik, PhD, Starkey CTO and VP of Engineering who in this article details the new product's rationale and development.

U.S. veterans and members of the military on Wednesday urged a judge to dismiss 3M's bid to use the bankruptcy of its subsidiary Aearo Technologies to shield itself from nearly 260,000 lawsuits over military-issue earplugs that former users allege were defective and damaged their hearing.