The Audiologist Informer

Starkey has announced its latest flagship line of AI-driven hearing aids: Edge AI. This hearing aid has the advantage of an integrated G2 Neural Processing Unit that reportedly provides unmatched Deep Neural Network (DNN) capabilities, along with up to 51 hours of battery life and new LE Audio with Auracast.

The number of people in Africa living with hearing loss could rise to 54 million by 2030, up from 40 million today, unless urgent measures are taken, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) in a new report.

Unitron has launched its Unitron Ativo hearing aid line, which is geared for performance at an accessible price, for distribution outside the US. It has also introduced two new Vivante BTEs, Stride V-M and Stride V-SP which are available in the US.

Audiologists Brent Fisher, AuD, and Kristi Oeding, PhD, outline the tests and services consumers should expect from a top-notch audiologist or hearing aid specialist who observes best practices.

Phonak has finally introduced a "Find My Hearing Aid" feature with the latest app update (v6.9) for their newest Infinio hearing aids. HearingTracker Audiologist Matthew Allsop provides an overview.

NIOSH research shows that 25% of the 14,000 utility workers in their study of 1.3 million noise-exposed workers have hearing loss—the highest occurrence of hearing loss in all industries sampled.

Christopher Spankovich, AuD, PhD, provides an overview of the rationale for revising nomenclature for describing hearing loss.

Starkey’s Dr. Dave Fabry sits down with company CTO and EVP of Engineering Achin Bhowmik to share the most exciting aspects of Edge AI.