hearing aids

Melbourne Researchers Create New Hearing Aid ‘For The iTunes Generation’

Australia has a long history with the humble hearing aid, which makes it no surprise to discover that Melbourne based researchers have completely revolutionised the humble hearing aid with a new device that costs less than half the price of a traditional device and can be customised over the internet and fit by the end user.


Tooth-Hearing Aids Get Approval For Use In Europe

Sonitus Medical’s SoundBite hearing aid has been approved for use in Europe, but the Royal National Institute for Deaf People claim not everyone will be able to use it. The hearing aid is attached to the molar and transmits sound through the jawbone. [BBC]


Charlie Chaplin Movie’s Mobile Phone-Using Time Traveller Debunked?

Last week, the internet was captivated by a Charlie Chaplin movie out-take which appeared to show an extra chatting on a mobile phone as she walked through the shot. Turns out it was probably just an old-school hearing aid.


The Hearing Aid Gets Hip

Forgive my ignorance, but the Siemens miniTek hearing aid “audio system” is the first I’ve seen that combines Bluetooth, mp3 and other wireless controls with the traditional sound-boost typically associated with these devices. Did the hearing aid just get cool?


Siemens MiniTek Beams Music To Hearing Aids Over Bluetooth

If you’re hearing-impaired and you’ve already got a wireless hearing aid from Siemens, the company’s new matchbook-sized miniTek box will wirelessly beam audio from any Bluetooth device straight to your ear.


How A Collar Could Help Deaf People "Hear" Music

Most of us assume deaf people can’t register sound, let alone enjoy Rachmaninoff. Wrong. A conceptual device from German designer Frederik Podzuweit taps into the deaf’s ability to feel music.


Music For Deaf People Headphones Produce "Sound" Through Synaesthesia

A concept from designer Frederik Podzuweit could deliver music to the deaf using synaesthesia, aka perceiving one of the five senses, like hearing, via a different sense, like touch. Or, as the Beach Boys might call it, Good Vibrations.


Improve Your Hearing In Noisy Environments With Head Bubbles

These bubble-headed girls have created a device to drown out background noise from pubs and bars. Too bad it makes you look like an escapee from an astronaut fan club.


PLUG Hearing Aid Concept Stretches Your Earlobes For Better Sound

Occasionally I cover my ears and sing “Lalalala, I’m not listening to your concept description.” Today I’m covering them and begging “No! Don’t punch holes into my poor earlobes and make me use this hearing aid when I’m old! Please!”


Teeth-Installed Hearing Aids Are Coming

A company called Sonitus Medical is currently working on a new type of hearing aid for people with single-sided deafness, one that uses vibrations in your teeth to allow you to hear again.


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