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New Mexico and Indiana: Bills to Require Captions on All Public TVs Fail
The article discusses efforts to pass "Captions Always On" legislation in New Mexico and Indiana, which would require captions to be displayed on public TVs at all times. While the bill in New Mexico (HB 288) received strong support but failed to reach the Senate agenda during this year's legislative session, similar bills in other states like California are being developed. Advocates highlight that captions benefit not only the deaf and hard-of-hearing community but also second language learners...
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Bionic Hearing - The Incredible Hulk's New Super Power
Lou Ferrigno, a former professional bodybuilder and actor known for his role as the Incredible Hulk, has lived with 80% hearing loss since childhood. In February, he underwent surgery to receive a Cochlear™ Nucleus® Profile™ Plus Implant, which has significantly improved his ability to communicate and understand speech. Ferrigno shared that the cochlear implant has transformed his life, providing clarity and reducing the need for others to speak directly in front of him. Cochlear implants ar...
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Bluetooth 5.2 to Revolutionize Hearing Tech and Drive Further Market Growth
The market for "hearables," including intelligent earbuds, headsets, and entry-level hearing aids, is projected to grow to $80 billion by 2025, driven by the rapid adoption of smartphone-connected audio devices like Apple's AirPods. Nick Hunn, author of the report, highlights that over 100 million pairs of earbuds have been sold in the past four years and attributes this growth to advancements in Bluetooth technology, particularly the new Bluetooth 5.2 specification introduced at CES. Bluetooth 5...
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Breaking: Bose To Cease Hearing Aid Sales
The big news hit the Boston Globe only hours ago. Bose is getting out of the hearing aid business. Bose’s Health division, which is responsible for the groundbreaking SoundControl™ self-fitting hearing aid, has been eliminated—employees...
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Bose to Launch Self-Fitting Hearing Aid
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted marketing authorization to Bose Corporation for its new "Bose Hearing Aid," marking the first self-fitting hearing aid device that allows users to fit, program, and control the device independently without needing assistance from a healthcare professional. Designed for individuals 18 years or older with mild to moderate hearing loss, the wireless air conduction hearing aid uses a mobile app to adjust settings in real-time within real-world e...
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Brain Recordings Shed Light on Speech-in-Noise Processing–with Implications for Hearing Aids
A new study published in *PLOS Biology* by researchers from Columbia University, led by Nima Mesgarani, PhD, investigates the "cocktail effect," which enables the human brain to focus on a specific speaker in a noisy environment. By recording neural activity in epilepsy patients undergoing surgery, the team found that the brain enhances the encoding of attended speech in the secondary auditory cortex when competing voices are loud (masked speech) but also captures brief moments of clarity (glimps...
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