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Published Sep 22, 2023

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Sony CRE-E10 OTC Hearing Aid: Full Feature Review on Sony's Award Winning Tech

New Sony CRE E10 OTC hearing aids are medical-grade devices available for $1,300. Audiologist Matthew Allsop gives you his perspective on the value of these devices and compares the Sony CRE E10s with CRE C10s.

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Shape-changing smart speaker lets users mute different areas of a room | University of Washington

University of Washington researchers have developed a shape-changing smart speaker that uses self-deploying microphones to divide rooms into speech zones and track the positions of individual speakers.

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User Review of Bellman & Symfon Maxi Pro: A Useful Device for Amplifying Conversations, TV and Phone Calls

The Bellman and Symfon Maxi Pro is a good, simple, easy-to-use personal listening system that provides clear amplified sound for conversations, TV watching, and answering a cell phone for about $300.

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Racing Toward the Victory Lane: Starkey President & CEO Brandon Sawalich Steers Company with Eye on a Legacy of Compassion

Starkey's Brandon Sawalich reflects on balancing the stress of running a global hearing aid company with the thrill (and trepidation) of watching his son's NASCAR career take off.

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ACI Alliance Urges American Academy of Pediatrics to Withdraw Report on Recommendations for Pediatric Cochlear Implants

The American Cochlear Implant Alliance says a recent report from AAP in the esteemed journal 'Pediatrics' contains several inaccuracies and contradicts AAA guidelines. The ACI Alliance is urging AAP to revise the report.

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New Biomarker for Cochlear Nerve Degeneration Proposed

A team from Mass Eye and Ear used high-pass filtering to isolate a neural spiking component (N1) during electrocochleography which, if confirmed, should be useful in searching for additional biomarkers of cochlear nerve degeneration in humans.

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Knowles Announces Next Phase of Transformation to an Industrial Technology Company

Knowles, a leading supplier of hearing aid microphones and receivers, has agreed to acquire Cornell Dubilier for $263MM, and also announced a review of strategic alternatives for its Consumer MEMS Microphones business (“CMM”) to “explore potential partners to accelerate a return to growth for CMM.”

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