Seeking a cure for hearing loss: A progress report
This article I wrote for Hearing Tracker is about potential treatments for hearing loss. Are you hopeful? To be clear, there is no cure for…
Who makes hearing aids?
There are eight manufacturers of medical hearing aids (as opposed to OTC makers). This useful guide to the industry was created by Abram Bailey of…
A new drug candidate offers new hope
Frequency Therapeutics is one of only a handful of companies around the world that are working to develop a drug to restore lost hearing. …
Churchill’s Hearing Aid
He may have faced down Hitler but the great statesman had trouble facing up to his own hearing loss. Winston Churchill’s response to his fading…
Rinri’s Roadmap to a Hearing Loss Treatment
The race is on, and hopes are rising for the 450 million people who suffer from debilitating hearing loss. Teams of researchers and companies around…
An exclusive look at making hearing aids
“Manufacturing is more than just putting parts together. It’s coming up with ideas, testing principles and perfecting the engineering, as well as final assembly.”—James Dyson,…
Adam Savage on his hearing loss & the stigma of hearing aids
Adam Savage has enjoyed a remarkable career. He was the co-host of “Mythbusters”, he’s designed special effects for movies such as “Star Wars – The…
Bringing Sci-Fi Tech to Life
By Achin Bhowmik, Ph.D, Starkey’s Chief Technology Officer & Executive Vice President of Engineering A high-tech, in-ear communication device that can be your virtual assistant…
Starkey Debuts Evolv AI
Smart hearing aids just got smarter It’s often the most frustrating, isolating and ultimately depressing situation for anyone with hearing loss to find themselves in…
Magic Mics
The trouble started when I hit highway speeds. Up until then my hearing aids worked just fine but soon the rising cacophony of wind noise,…
